Whitney Houston

I was just watching Oprah's amazing interview with Whitney Houston. Whitney was explaining what she went through over the last 8 years or so after 'Bodyguard'. As a big fan of Whitney, I have watched that movie over and over. Somehow I felt that Whitney was probably affected by that movie where her character had to give up love for her career. Although I watched the interview with the view of wanting to know Whitney's account of what happened to the lost years as if it was a loss, at the end of the interview, I felt it is not about loss but about life. What came through to me is Whitney's strength in choosing love. It may seem that she gave up a critical time of her career for passionate love. And why not. As much as career must be grasped hold of during the prime of life, so is passionate love. That moment gone can never be re-captured. One experiences love differently at different stages in life.

It takes courage to love wholeheartedly and it looks like she did just that. It is not about what Bobby Brown did. It's about what Whitney did. It's about giving one's heart wholeheartedly. It's about chance. It's not about whether the marriage was good. When a marriage fails, it's not about failure or regret. The love that first sparks the marriage is still as wondrously real as ever for that moment. It is better to have experienced that love than never ever.

I look forward to listening to Whitney's new album 'I look to you'. In choosing to live life, Whitney inadvertently connects with the real world. Her experience has made her singing ever more relevant, like in real life opera filled with emotional depth and maturity.