No one in this world can take for granted the right to love and be loved. Lovers are torn apart by war; families are shattered by famine.
It is said that love transcends time and space.
Poets can rhapsodise over true love, which is not diminished even by separation.
But you and I are just ordinary people, holding the hope we need never face separation.
In winter, what greater joy is there than to sit around a hot pot at dinner with loved ones? On summer nights, there is nothing more pleasant than to sit on the front lawn and sing the night away.
These may be simple joys, but it is not everyone who can enjoy such blessings of love and harmony.
Even in the most peaceful of surroundings, there may be the lack of a true companion. In this troubled world it is difficult enough to stay alive and live peacefully.