A Valentine's Day to Remember

It is expected that if you are single on Valentine's Day you are bitter and depressed. This is ludicrous. Why does that day automatically equate to those feelings. I usually just forget completely that valentines day exists. And when I do notice that there is love in the air, I'm glad, because that means that there are people that still have healthy relationships. This shouldn't be a day to morn what we don't have, but to hope for what we want to some day receive from God. If you get down to the bones of the matter, that's what Valentine's day is truly celebrating, The best thing in your life from God. For couples it's the love that they have with each other, for singles it may be something different.

Now you may be wondering about my logic here, but think of it like Christmas. Valentine's day has been overly commercialized, turning it into something we are obligated into with manipulated emotions, rather than something to celebrate. Why not take back Valentine's day and Celebrate the relationships that are most meaningful to you, even if you are single. That's what I successfully did today. I went with my single girlfriends to a photo studio, matching outfits of course, and took barefoot family pictures with them. Because my focus was not on what I lacked this Valentines day, but rejoicing in the fact that I have a wonderful support group in my friends, so much so, I didn't have time to be bitter, cynical, or angry toward anyone in a relationship: I was too busy enjoying my relationships.

So if you did spend today with a pint of rocky and a box of chocolates you purchased yourself, as you quoted the lines to Casablanca crying over lost love. Pause for a moment and think if that was truly necessary, or could you have been out with friends on a Valentine's day to remember.