Love is such a beautiful thing though. How can it not be when our Creator is love? Whenever people go on about how love is overrated and how it hurts and all these negative connotations that they attach to love, I am quick to remind them that loving the wrong person should never be confused with love not being as pure as we say it is.
Today we celebrate a day that evokes different emotions in different people. Valentine's Day. I think the reason why so many people are not able to embrace and enjoy this day is that they have somewhat attached the day to being in a relationship or having a partner. So usually when this day comes, single people find themselves highly miserable while pretending to the rest of the world that they don't care and claiming that they don't celebrate this day.
Love is such an inexplicable concept or emotion, there is so much to it that I think it is limiting to only associate the celebration of Valentines with being with a partner or lover. Love is all around us, in our interactions with our families, our friends, our colleagues, through the stranger who smiles at you as they walk passed etc. There are so many ways to be love, to give love and to receive love. From someone we are close to, from someone who may be a stranger.
When it comes to love, little ever follows logic or makes sense. We should therefore take it in in its fullest form and not separate ourselves from it on such a day because it comes to us in a form that does not fit societal norms. Take it in whether it comes from your partner, a friend, your child, colleague etc......do not push it away because it comes in a package that does not look like that of the next person.
Love in all situations, love wherever you find yourself, love where it is hard to, love when its the last thing you want to do, love to heal, love to give comfort. Find ways to show love and be love, to those around you, to the world. And remember, love has a ripple effect, the more of it we freely give away without expectation, the more of it we will receive.
Today instead of making Valentine a day for 2 people, make it about everyone around you. Everyone who touches your heart in some way. Celebrate them, celebrate that love.
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