THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL

 

The  Greatest Love of All is a song  by Whitney Houston  dating back to 1986. This song was actually written in 1977 by  Michael Masser and Linda Creed. Linda Creed wrote this tune while she was fighting against breast cancer.

In fact, this song talks about the importance of self-love and encourages listeners to take time to learn to accept and care for themselves.

 

"Everybody searching for a hero

People need someone to look up to

I never found anyone who fulfill my needs

A lonely place to be

And so I learned to depend on me"

 

Creed wants to invite us to depend just on ourselves. In fact, sometimes we look up to someone as an  a role model  and we try to emulate them. We do this because we wish that person may accept us. But, doing that, we forget to live our own life. And Creed wants to tell us just this: we shouldn’t waste our lives. It doesn't matter if we fail, because the most important thing is that we live as we believe we should.

So, this song urges us to be ourselves.

 

"I decided long ago

Never to walk in anyone's shadows

If I fail, if I succeed

At least I'll live as I believe

No matter what they take from me

They can't take away my dignity"

 For this reason, it's important to love ourselves, which can be considered as the greatest love of all.

"Because the greatest love of all

Is happening to me

I found the greatest love of all

Inside of me

The greatest love of all

Is easy to achieve

Learning to love yourself

It is the greatest love of all"

 We often forget to love ourselves, because we are too busy loving others. But, how can we love others, if first of all we do not love ourselves? Only if we love ourselves, we can love others and allow others to love us.

Time to listen to this beautiful song!

 Angelica, 5scB