* BAB Let's Talk About Love

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FIRST PRINCIPLES: Love, Hugs & Peace
There are many things in life that can easily divide us. Race, economic status, cultural differences, and religion are just a few of them. These are important issues to think about, and I won't pretend, nor do I believe, that we should simply brush them aside for the sake of unity. They inherently divide us, and so to ignore them is like ignoring the elephant in the room. Each of us needs to personally wrestle with them, especially our religious beliefs. I even believe that it's healthy to respectfully engage in conversation with others on these issues so that we can learn and grow rather than divide and conquer. There is however something called "first principles" in life and, as the name indicates, they are the first issues that we need to be clear about acting upon. Oddly enough, an organization called Build-a-Bear (BAB) just launched a campaign championing some of these first principles…love, hugs, and peace.BAB founder, Maxine Clark, has always been touched and inspired by music and asked her friend, Tena Clark, to write a song that would fit with the BAB company and encompass these first principles. The result is a beautiful song written from the perspective of a child called, "Let's Talk About Love". In trying to find the right person to sing the song, and kick-off the campaign, Maxine saw David Archuleta on the "Today Show" and instantly knew that she had found the perfect person! As you watch the behind the scenes video and listen to David sing the song, the child-like innocence that we've come to know of David Archuleta's character make it clear that Maxine did indeed make the best choice.

"Let's Talk About Love" lyrics:
Sometimes I wondered what I'd be when I grew up
And then I remembered it was anything I dreamed of
I could be a poet or a singer
Or I can be a scientist
But before I make that decision, lets talk about my list
Lets talk about love, lets talk about peace
And living in perfect harmony
Lets talk about hugs, and talk about ways that we can share
Lets talk about you, lets talk about meLets talk about how we can be one big family
Lets talk about love, lets talk about love
Sometimes I feel like I want to give my friends a call
To tell them what I'm dreaming and everything I want
I want us to be a little closerAnd to always reach out a hand
To be kind to one another
And always understandIt's all about love, it's all about peace
And living in perfect harmony
It's all about hugs, it's all about ways that we can share
It's about you, it's about me, it's all about how we can be one big family
It's all about loveLa la la la la la la la la la la la la la la laEverybody has a heart, everybody has a smile
Lets wrap a bow around each oneAnd give it away once in awhile.