It's Coming..

Valentine's Day is coming up...and while other people are writing about the fabrication of this holiday to bring in dollars, deneros, green, notes, cabbage, cash, coin, dough, whatever you want to call it - that's what Valentine's day was apparently made for. I happen to disagree. I enjoy the sentiments of Valentine's Day. The chocolates, the flowers, the gigantic stuffed animals, the jewelry and all the heart shaped boxes that they come in.



I find that Valentine's Day is, in fact, romantic, although other people might not feel the same way. I think that Valentine's Day can be used as something other than a way to show love to your "significant other" though. It can be used to show love to a friend, to a parent or child, to a sibling, to someone you don't even know. Love can be shown in a variety of ways. You can show love by giving someone gifts, by giving them a hug, by baking them cookies or cleaning their apartment, by sitting by their bed while they recover from getting their wisdom teeth out (guess what I'm doing for Valentine's Day?!) or just by simply telling them you love them.

But, love shouldn't be saved for Valentine's Day only. Show everyone you see love even in the littlest ways. Pay for the person behind you in the drive thru (unless you turn around and see that they have a giant white van with 200 kids in it), holding the door for the next 500 people behind you (has that ever happened to you too?) or flash someone a smile. It's truly one of the easiest things to do.