This month, because En is a soppygit, the topic is LOVE


I have no idea. I’ve never been in love and I’m not sure I want to be either. That is all I have to say on this matter. I know it’s cowardly, but hey…. - ELL


“Vivir con miedos es como vivir a medias.” (A life lived in fear is a life half-lived)

“And I don’t know if I’m being foolish/Don’t know if I’m being wise/ But it’s something I that must believe in/ And it’s there when I look in your eyes”

Both are from the script or music of a film called “Strictly Ballroom”. They convey my opinions. Loving someone is simultaneously the most selfish and selfless thing a person can do. It is instinct for us to find someone with whom one can get through the bad times & celebrate the good times. It is therefore something you can’t ignore, especially as it comes in many forms – family love, friendship and romantic/sexual love.

On the subject of finding “The One”, I believe that you can either stay miserable, say that you won’t ever fall in love & languish over what might have been or take chances & find out that by doing so, the best thing ever might happen to you. Optimism, ambitions & dreams are essential to living.

Of course it is difficult not to be cynical, especially if the object of your affections has cheated or lied to you; or if (like me) you tend to fancy the people that don’t reciprocate those feelings. Of course there are problems in relationships - things can and do go wrong. Although you can’t change the past, the future is there for the changing. I won’t be resigned to the idea that it’s no use trying, because the fact is you don’t know until you try. Hope & persistance can accomplish great things.

As Neil Finn (from Crowded House) sings in “I love you Dawn”:-
“Was another tear, was another year, was another time / All is not lost / And we will shine” - EN


Love is an anagram of vole: a small herbivorous rodent. - ZED

(And an anagram of velo which means “bike” in French - ELL)