Welcome Dear Friends to Global Love Day 2010,

This is a precious and essential moment on our beautiful planet as we gather around the world today in a unified expression of unconditional love.  In every nation and in each culture, we come together as one heartbeat sharing the love that is our true and natural collective potential. We choose on this day to embrace ourselves and each other and to celebrate our extraordinary humanity.

From our great oceans and vast plains, to the highest mountains and grand rivers that sustain our fragile and vital ecosystem, to our village friends and city dwellers that bring meaning to our common journey, we are quickly realizing that everyone and everything is interconnected and interdependent. It is also increasingly evident in every corner of our world that great change is upon us.  By standing together in mutual respect, honor and dignity for one another, we will answer this call with creative, viable and sustainable solutions that benefit all.

We must take the necessary steps now to reach out to our fellow humans and extend our hand in forgiveness, acceptance and genuine friendship.  Our choices shall be made from compassion, while embracing the richness of our amazing diversity. The love and acceptance we have for ourselves will be the source of our strength to assist others.  Together we can and will make a difference through love.

These necessary changes may challenge us to the depths of our courage and test the very essence of our personal character, yet with each ensuing breath we shall remain in love and this love will be the very basis of a new era of peace and abundance, equality and goodwill for each and every one.

You are powerful beyond measure and are present at this remarkable time to share your incredible wisdom, creative nature, and unconditional love.  We extend our heartfelt appreciation to each of you.

As love begins with me, I welcome you to our seventh annual Global Love Day.

Love, light and peace,
Harold W. Becker
Founder and President
The Love Foundation, Inc.

From the beginning, Chad and I had contributed one song per year to Global Love Day, to ensure we had at least a small element of music involved.  We didn’t initially set out to become Light Euphoric, we just wanted to contribute as two musicians who wanted to do something more with our musical talents.  Now, Chad and I have been friends for over 15 years and had played music together in several projects… from ad jingles to show bands.  So, after we sat down to write and record our first song for Global Love Day, we looked at each other and said… “this cannot be a one-time thing”.  We knew we needed to take ourselves higher and evolve our music into a more positive and humanitarian realm.  It was unanimous.  So, we birthed Light Euphoric and began writing together again.  Our one time song offering became 6 for Global Love Day, as we approached each year’s event. 

As a couple of years passed, we knew that just a once-a-year song contribution for GLD needed to evolve as well.  The board of directors for The Love Foundation had also wanted to do the same thing.  We had talked about sponsoring some sort of musical event to get other musicians involved, however the time and space wasn’t coming together.  However this year, with the dawn of a new energy, we decided it was time to start.  Though our dream is to celebrate with concert events across the world, we felt it was more appropriate to begin with an outreach to our fellow positive musician friends and build a simple internet outreach campaign to get ourselves started.  So, this year we have collected a few of our like-minded musical friends to join us in an online effort to celebrate GLD together.  Many of us will by giving away free MP3 downloads on our web sites, while others will be playing live in small corner venues sharing their positive music songs.  I truly look forward to the next few years as we grow into our musical shoes with this event, as I believe it will truly transform all of us.

Artist Kate Hollett, Toronto’s “Love Ambassador” spoke with reporter Michael McKiernan in an interview for Posted Toronto and answered that very question.

Valentine’s Day is a sort of love day, but it’s been turned into something so commercial, it’s awful. And when you look at stats, Feb. 15 is the most popular day to file for divorce, which is really sad. I also think there’s a problem focusing on just romantic relationships. The thing that’s great about Global Love Day is that it represents all kinds of love - love for your kids, love for dog, love for your city, whatever you want. Let’s do something for everybody, instead of just couples. After all, single people are in the majority.

I just found this website for Global Love Day and I must spread the word: 

Love and Peace is doing a pixel mural for Global Love Day - go and share your own message of love!