Part of a line from an old Beatles song, but how true, when it comes down to it. Whatever else is going on, love endures. It doesn’t cost anything, it doesn’t demand anything, it just pervades even the worst of situations, if we let it.

I was reminded of this last weekend, when my son and now daughter-in-law got married.

We had a perfect day, full of lovely people, beautiful ceremony, heaps of joy and laughter. Love permeated everything and everyone was wearing it like a natural second skin.

The effect of this is that our perspective is altered. We enjoy our food more, we appreciate the beauty of flowers more, we smile more and respond more positively to everyone and everything.

And it isn’t romantic love – it is the deeper love that is a part of our nature that we sometimes forget.

At an event like that, it is easier to be aware of love’s power, but its power is in our everyday too. The meal cooked with love, the affection towards our family and friends, the kind comment even to strangers, the noticing of positivity from others, the listening to people who are having difficulties – there is nothing we do that isn’t made better by a little love.

Give it, receive it, spread it, because it really is all.