Happy Valentine's Day to all of you. Hopefully you're spending it with someone you love. Even if you don't have a special someone, just tell someone you love them. I've really never given much thought to Valentine's Day. Specifically, setting aside one day out of the year to love. Why can't we dedicate everyday to expressions of love? Also, I've gotten very turned off by the crass commercialization of it. There's so much emphasis and material expressions of love. Not that I wouldn't object to a shiny bauble, chocolates, or flowers (individually or in combination), it's just that I don't like the idea of compelling someone to buy something just so they can feel they've done their duty. There's more to expressions of love then a box of chocolates. Love is often found in the smallest of gestures. A kind smile or greeting, the gentlemanly way a man behaves towards a woman, caring for an elderly person, and so forth. These are things that sometimes get overlooked in the rush to make these grand gestures because some greeting card company says so. Love isn't about the material things or the grand gestures. It's about the small quiet gestures that find their way into our lives. As you all may have been reading, I've been blogging about this article I read online about John Taylor's experiences I drug and alcohol recovery (see the article on http://www.addictiontoday.org). On of the things he mentions is being introduced to 12-step programs. One of the things they tell you in these programs is to show compassion for the addict-alcoholic in your life. You show that love by finding a way to care for them without getting sucked into the madness-covering an alcoholic passed on the floor with a blanket, for example. You are also taught to detach with love, love the person not the disease. Learning to love in a new way is part of the part of the process.
So today, I leave you with this, love is good, love is pure, love is found everywhere, love is found when you're not looking for it. Love all.
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