Quote of the Day: "You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." -- Buddha
Today is Valentine's Day - a day to celebrate relationships. But somewhere in all the hoopla about couples, an important factor of relationships gets lost. In my opinion, it is far more important to celebrate oneself. Before you can form a relationship, you have to love yourself.
If you are alone and you truly love yourself, you won't be as likely to feel adrift without a significant other. If you don't love yourself, no matter what kind of relationship you're in, it won't be enough. There will be something missing - something in all probability you can't quite put your finger on. If you are not comfortable with yourself, with who you are, how can you possible give a part of yourself to someone else?
So I say we need to change February 14th to Love Yourself Day. Go ahead, do something special for your sweetie if you have one, but do something special for yourself as well. Everyone can join in Love Yourself Day! It's a non-discriminatory holiday. It doesn't leave any one out. Buy yourself some flowers and don't be ashamed to tell everyone you bought them for yourself because you deserve them.
If you don't have a significant other to celebrate with, go out with a friend or family member. Treat yourselves to a special dinner or a movie you've been wanting to see. Be even more daring, take yourself out to dinner! Take a long bubble bath or buy a special bottle of wine.
But however you celebrate or not - because that should be a gift to yourself as well, the ability not to celebrate if you don't want to - remember to love yourself. You deserve it.
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Posted by Cyberkat at February 14, 2002 7:06 PM | TrackBack