Love Actually Is All Around

A mom was waiting in the arrivals gate of the airport earlier. When she saw her daughter, she was so overjoyed -- she squealed a little and shot like an arrow to her daughter, hugging her tight. I saw the daughter wiping tears from her eyes while hugging her mom. I got teary-eyed myself but choked up the tear. Mukha naman akong tanga na makikiiyak pa sa kanila eh di ko naman sila kakilala.

The scene reminded me of the British prime minister's opening line in Love Actually:

Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.