Not just for one day but everyday!

Someone once asked me "Do you not believe in love? Is that why you hate Valentines day?" I'm sure I said something witty had a giggle and went on my way. Boy, I wish I would have told them this which is the truth. No(person who will remain nameless), I do believe in love and that is why I hate Valentines Day. Hey don't get me wrong I love candy just as much as the next person. Maybe even more if its possible. But, I like my candy all year round. Not just once a year! So I guess I like my love like I love my candy not in a huge binge once a year but, rather even doses all year round.

I mean the question that was posed was so ridiculous. I mean how can you not believe in something that you see and feel on a daily basis from the people you surround yourself with? How many songs are about falling in love? Or falling out of love, missing the ones you love and even dreaming about an old love? Seems crazy not to believe such a thing exists. Love comes in all forms and it hits you in unexpected ways. Everyone experiences love. They give and they receive. The definition of love in the dictionary is: a profoundly tender, passionate affection for anotherperson. My personal definition however, is slightly different. Love: is going above and beyond expecting nothing in return. It is an emotion in which if you do not express it you will virtually explode or go emotionally insane. To love means never to judge, to hold someone up when they find the weight of the world on their shoulders because you feel that weight too and you are compelled to make the other person at ease while you take on their burden. Finally to love is to hold people close to your heart and forever in your thoughts.

I hope your starting to grasp why Valentines day doesn't mean anything to me. I choose not to enjoy this one day devoted to love because I love everyday! I tell my Family, my friends (who are family) and those I truly care about how much they mean to me. Not because once a year Feb 14th comes around and you are pressured to express your emotions in the heat of the day with fear of no cards in your mailbox or flower deliveries or sitting alone at a table set for two.

I choose to love 365 days a year not just one day. It is vitally important not only love other people but to love yourself as well. This world gets really hard sometimes and you can be surrounded by thousands of people and still feel lonely or not loved. Don't even think for a second you don't mean anything to someone. Because you do! It can just be difficult to see through the fog. So promise me you will open your eyes a little wider and your heart a little more and you will begin to see the love the world has for you..............

You, my dear are loved.