WHERE IS THE LOVE???

On this greeting card holiday of over-the-top admiration and treats for your sweets... I have one question for you.   Where is the love?  Americans are expected to spend over $17 billion on Valentine's Day trinkets, dinner, flowers and candy.  Yet, when tomorrow rolls around, we'll once again turn to the rat race. Many people won't get out their front doors before they start spewing hate.  Forgetting that less than 24 hours ago, they were mushy and gushy and all lovey-dovey .

This leads me to topics creating lots of hateful buzz in the media at the moment. 

1.  Whitney Houston

2. Oprah's questionable twitter post

I read several stories on the web today and heard dozens of conversations about these two women. From the so-called news anchors - who are supposed to be unbiased - to the average Joe on the street -  99% of the feedback on Whitney and Oprah was negative.  While every one is entitled to their opinions, it troubles me to hear so much hate for them. 

Most people are trashing Whitney, calling her a drug addict and a crackhead.  They have no respect for her or the fact the woman just died, leaving behind dozens of hurting family members and close friends and associates.  They are ignoring the fact that for over two decades she was one of the top recording artists, an actress and humanitarian.  People, the woman became sick!  She gave into weaknesses and she never fully regained her strength to fight them off again.  Why should I hate her for this?  I feel sorry for her.  She lost sight of her mission and ignored her God-given talents and ultimately paid for it with her life.

And then there's Oprah.  I won't even waste my time laundry listing all of her achievements and contributions to the world.  And whether you agree with her philosophies or not, you have to give her credit for being brave enough to take chances.  She is one of the most powerful people in the world.  An honor she rightfully earned.  But, so many people are forgetting about her accomplishments because she tweeted her followers - particularly the ones with Nielsen boxes - to watch her network "OWN."  And then she apologized after she was called out for doing that.  I say once again, it takes a brave person to apologize when someone shows them the errors of their ways.  She could have simply ignored the lashing she got went on her merry way, saying "O-Well, I won't do it again."  But, did she do that?  No, she publicly apologized.  I encounter people on a daily basis who don't apologize for their blatant rudeness on a regular basis.  And when you bring it to their attention, they get an attitude an try to find every excuse in the book so they don't have to accept the responsibility.  It's just downright sad.

So again, I ask, where is the love?  You don't have to be "in love" with someone to show them some love.  Be respectful.  Be mindful.  Be kind.  Doing anything else is not living healthy.  But it will produce a wealth of trouble for you.




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