Why not? More pertinently, how not to? He is after all the most adorable of Hindu deities. Ganesha is always depicted as a jolly deity who is easy to appeal to and to appease (trust me, He isn't that easy to please. He removes obstacles but can also be instrumental in putting it there in the first place!).
But Ganesha stirs up the warmest of feelings in you; that everything will be all right, that He listens with His big ears, that He scrutinises your problems with His beady eyes, that His pot belly reflects the good-humoured nature of this affable deity. Ganesha is simply put, reassurance.
Someone asked me long, long time ago, why Ganesha was depicted as an elephant-headed god? I couldn't answer and started mouthing the puranas or mythological tales of his coming to being.
Amazingly, a Chinese girl turned around and answered the question: "He represents the gentle strength of God".
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