It’s Valentine’s Day, so today’s theme presented itself without any effort on my part.

But, as we all know, there are many types of love besides the romantic: love of family, friends, our fur babies, nature, and — perhaps the most difficult to maintain — love of mankind as a whole.

On that note, today seems like an appropriate time to recall these words of the late Martin Luther King, Jr., which need no embellishment:

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr., “A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches”

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Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all. I wish each of us a life of peace, love, and brotherhood.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
2/14/26