Valentine’s Day is in the air again. Flowers, chocolates, stuff toys, cards, cakes and other sweet things are over flowing in the malls. Food chains, café, bars and hotels and inns, and restaurants have their own gimmicks this valentine’s day. I’m just wondering… What’s really the essence of celebrating Valentines Day? Is it for romantic love only? Does it mean that if you don’t have a romantic partner on Valentines Day you couldn’t celebrate it?
Well, I see love when my lola always accompanies my lolo to his regular check-up to the doctor… When my mama makes coffee for papa every morning… When my aunt fetches my cousins from school… When my sisters call and text me to check if I’m okay in our house… When people eat together despite of hectic schedule… When my pamangkin kisses my hurting finger… And my barkada hang out despite the distance. See now? Who said love was just for couples?
love is simply what overflows out of the heart that is full of peace. But the true essence of love, you see, is love for yourself, love focused within. Loving yourself so deeply, so quietly and peacefully, that the love for yourself becomes love for the world and everyone else in it. So you see, when you love yourself, you automatically love everyone else, everyone else in the world.
Happy Hearts Day!
mariecell
before the accident on her yellow blouse
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