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Try as we might it is hard to let go and not succumb to the pressure this holiday put on us. If we are single, we feel less than, because we don't have a significant other to share this high holiday. If we are in a relationship, we feel a lot of pressure to live up to the grand gestures and romantic dialogue that has been drilled into us since January 1.
In reality, the focus of the holiday is a good one. This day, February 14th is about LOVE. It has been twisted and demented into an impossible level of romantic love. But love has many shapes and forms, the love we have for our life partners, the love we have for our best friends, the love we have for our family members, the love we have for our animals and the love we have for ourselves.
This holiday isn't about living up to what Kay Jewelers says romance is--it is about appreciating those people in our lives who love us know matter what. It is about expressing our love to the people who hold our hands and pull us through the tough times. Showing how much we care to the people who laugh with us until our sides hurt and celebrate our victories. So today, take the time to express to those closest to you how much they mean to you. We all need our tribe of people to make this world a little happier.
I found this quote today and couldn't resist posting it here in honor of Valentine's Day--this is love:
We are all a little weird, and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love
