It's Valentine's Day - the day we celebrate LOVE in all its many forms: Romantic Love, True Love, First Love, Endless Love, Brotherly Love, Puppy Love, Jungle Love, Courtney Love, Muskrat Love...you get the point.It occurs to me that as happy an occasion as Valentine's Day is, that it is yet another example of our propensity to place those higher aspirations we as humans possess in a box which we parade out only once a year to great fanfare. This makes me a bit sad because this is the good stuff and should be used - or at least displayed - every day of the year.
I want to encourage us to stop thinking of LOVE as the good china - go ahead and use it every day. Instead of taking it for granted, I guarantee it will make every day feel more special. Love doesn't need a special occasion to be shown and cherished. Love doesn't have to be demonstrated with trinkets and chocolate and flowers and canoodling - not that I have anything against any of those (especially the canoodling). Continue reading "My Valentine to the World" »
