Love lights the way

Romance and love can be such a fulfilling experience. It can sustain the hardest times and enhance the most benign periods in one’s life. There’s no question that humans are meant to be with others. Finding solace in knowing this may certainly pave the path for many lost souls.

In the 1998 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film Life is Beautiful is the story of a man whose love is a consistent beacon of hope. His humor and wit only begins to describe his true source of positivity. The protagonist’s occupation is a waiter which symbolizes the joy of being of help to others. It’s a selfless act of abundance which reflects the presumption that making other people happy is happiness in and of itself. There is no need for thanks or reciprocation unless of course the other wishes to do so out of pure want rather than obligation. This is love.

San Francisco, with its fair weather and beautiful views has a special event on Valentine’s Day called Pillow Fight. As if the city were indicative of the fact that people with all their responsibilities, traumas and dramas need to, every once in a while, let loose. What better way to release all negativity and open up the heart than a good old fashion row of massive pillow fighting. In short, there’s no better way. Mark your calendars’ for 2011, February 14th Justin Herman Plaza in the Embarcadero Center.