A celebration of the summer of love is upon us. Its rimming with ideals like empowering women, immigrant rights, peace, and the saving the environment. Its pretty fucking awesome but I wonder how much we, in 2007 are like those in the late 60's.

We all meander around muttering sweet nothings into the ears of society promising a better tomorrow and clinging to our ideals like a nun clings to her virginity. The problem is that its still really fucking selfish. I always thought as a kid I would be a revolutionary. Now, in my mid twenties I see that winning the race was never my perogative. Perhaps the romantic vision of the revolution was a mere romantic vision. The real romance lies deeper than the perception of  'a better tomorrow' and 'doing it for the kids'. While we can't simply live through love for someone else we most certainly cannot do it for ourselves or by ourselves either.

Maybe in and of itself the romanticism of love is deeper than any of us could have ever imagined. Its easy to feel swept away by its presence and makes us as a people lose sight of logic completely. The biggest problem is that we are all in love with ourselves. Maybe the old boy scout slogan rings true in, "Do a good turn daily." as this is a way of incorporating our love of each other with ourselves.

There is real danger in this. Many religious texts speak of agape love and the love of supernatural sources as the integral bonds that hold and shape our universe. Love has caused so much hate. In fact, a real love shared between two people may indeed be more so precious as an investment of time. It is something that changes us forever. The scariest part is giving love freely might be to see it malformed and mishapen. What if we as a people are not ready? I think sharing love can cause the merger of identities. In a sense, shared love means becoming part of something bigger than ourselves.

So you meet someone and you fall in love. You decide to give them what you've got and they in trust, do the same. The two people that were before singularities are now a piece of something larger. It changed from me and you to "us."  When speaking of religion and belief structures the agape love shared by God to you, or "us" has caused a great rift among the lovers of humankind and is in the forefront of humanities largest identity crisis of why we, as lovers, want to help each other.

When helping others it becomes of the most importance to both drop the filter and let your own mirror of morality never bounce an image back to the person that is desperately looking for a way to do nothing more than thank you and perhaps in some cases wonder "why?". Keep the egoism in check but remember that one man's perceptions are nothing more than perception. We as a people get to choose what we believe and when sharing love there has ceased to be a reason to call back or ask questions. It may not be a sustainable way of life, but is most certainly a respectable practice.

Be careful with love and how you show it because it will most likely never make sense. There is nothing logical about it. Einstein once said: "Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." Remember to tread lightly with your words and be skillful with your actions surrounding love and romance. Love is bound to cause great heart ache and tears. It can and often times will arouse fear, jealousy, and even hate. Believe that finding and pursuing love can be a worthwhile endeavor. Know that Love can kill. Never forget that, in Love, it will not be about you or me.

On a lighter note, the word "Roam" is pretty fucking cool. So is Jorge Ben.