Love, Yes that’s right!

I just finished watching the movie “McFarland” on the flight back to the USA from England.  In case you haven’t seen it, it is the story of a high School coach in CA who successfully coaches a cross-country team.  In my view, it is Kevin Cosner’s best performance since “Dances with Wolves.”  The story resonated with me given that my close younger brother coached HS cross-country for over 40 years.  As a former competitive runner, it also spoke to me on another level, and being of Hispanic heritage, it was a virtual cinematic hat-trick.

In my view, it is essentially a love story.  An Anglo moves into a Mexican community, runs into cultural adversity. He gradually falls in love, first with his athletes, then with the whole community.  As I watched the theme of love kept resounding. 

Love is a powerful emotion.  As I have mentioned previously, love is a theme that is foundational to much poetry, novels, and plays.  Love is a wonderful thing, not fully appreciated by so many, because perhaps, so few have experienced it.

“All you need is love”, sang the Beatles.   Well, not exactly, but they had a good start.  Love is compelling. Love is motivating. 

Love is patient. 

Love is kind. 

Love seeketh not her own. 

Love never faileth.

The greatest of these is…