MAD Rides again

Salut,

not in the bus yet... Just got back from voting. I guess many Canadian bloggers will talk about that this morning... So I won't...

I'm sitting on a bench at the bus terminal. The sky is almost completely blue, except for a few small clouds at the limits of the horizon. The sun is bright and shiny, right in my face (I love that), with strong side wind that is exceptionally warm for this time of year. Life is good...So why talk about politics (oops... I just said the P word sorry)... Let's talk about a 4 letter word instead... LOVE... Na... I already did that a few posts ago (though we shouldn't get tired of talking about LOVE, right?)... I could also tell you about what I did yesterday, like starting the translation of http://multimad.com in English, but some people might see this as a political statement (ha, darn, that word again, I said I wouldn't talk about it)...


OK, let's go back to LOVE then... Some people say that voting is one of the few rights (if not the only one that) we have. But we also all have the right to love... Of course, some of us don't have the luxury of currently being IN love, but we can still LOVE... Yes, I know, the idea is to be loved in return of our love, and there is nothing said anywhere about the right to BE loved... Don't get me wrong, we all deserve it (at least most of us) but we can't really say that it is a right... But we do have the right to love, and we don't have to.... Ho... Bus is arriving, I'll get in and continue... Nope, false alarm... This wasn't our bus... Though there is only one bus line that comes to this terminal, this bus was lost or something... But it wasn't for us... Ho well..

What was I saying again? Ho yes, the right to love... Of course, as Peter Gabriel sings it so well, we all "Love to be loved" and "Need to be needed"... I love my kids and they love me back (some people will change the word kids for dogs, cats or reptile, almost the same, at least for them ;-)... Zillions of song writers have claimed that love is the best thing ever, All you need is love, if we believe John Lennon. Can you imagine that? One of my favorite movies is Moulin Rouge, and there is a very interesting meddley of contemporary music about love at one point.

Even when we.... Ho another bus... Must be the right one now... Yep, sitting in the bus now... So, even when we don't have the chance of being in a steady relationship, we can still feel lucky (Yeah, I know, I'm starting to repeat myself, I talked about that yesterday, but bare with me, I think this is important). Whether the sun is shining, or rain is pouring, whether we are surrounded by friends and loved ones or sitting alone somewhere dark and humid, whether we lost all our money in the sub-prime credit market or we were wise enough to keep it in an old stinky sock under our mattress, we still have the right to love...

Some people choose not to love. It is in their own right to. Like those who decide not to vote (oops, sorry). That's the beauty of a right, it is up to you... You also have the right to remain silent (which is something I have a very hard time with :-). It is up to YOU!!! So what will you vote for today? To Love or not to Love... THAT is the question... I made my choice... Have you made yours? Why don't you tell me about it? Let the whole world know about it... The more we know about others who love, the more we will be tempted to do the same. Spread the love, tell the people around you how much you love them... Imagine... All the people... Living in harmony.... Wow!

Well... Before I go (the bus is getting close to the down town terminus now), let me tell you one more thing... I love you... And never ever forget about it...

BYE
MAD... having lots of fun... Aren't you?