Friday, February 13, 2009

Thoughts on V-day

Ok I tried to reword this but really I couldn't say it any better than I did last year. And since I seem to have a bigger audience this year I feel it needs repeating.

February 14th... Valentines day... A day that I shutter at every year.

For a long time I thought of it as a made up holiday by the candy, gift and greeting card companies to get money out of you. Which... Honestly it has become.

But lets step back for a moment and try to figure out what the holiday is meant for...

It is meant for you to take 1 day out of your stupid year and appreciate all of those people that you love.

Now... I fully agree with those people who want to sit there and say... But why do I need a special day for that? Shouldn't that be something people do automatically and without prompting or feeling obligated to do?

Yes... the world would be a must better place if everyone thought about and made sure to make those people they love feel appreciated on a daily/regular basis...

But to those people who argue this... Can you honestly say that you do it?

I don't...

Like most of the world... we live our lives... bitch about the bad but completely neglect the good. Taking for granted that those we love will always be there. Until something happens... and we lose/almost lose them...

You never know what you've got until it's gone...

Then you run around and try to make up for it... often it's too late but you still hug everyone you know and make sure your loved ones know what they mean to you...

But time goes on... and memories fade... pain fades... and we sink back into our old ways.

1 day a year isn't too much to ask... It doesn't have to be Today... It doesn't even have to be this week. But don't be that person crying over a grave saying that you never told them how you felt... Or how many years had it been since you talked?

Valentines day is not about Gifts or Flowers or Cards or Candy... It's about Love. And if you think you have no love in your life... Then I feel sorry for you... You obviously have no family and no friends or you're completely and utterly blind in which case I feel sorry for your family and your friends.

For everyone reading this today as a Blog or a Bulletin. I want you to know I care about each of you or you wouldn't be on my friends list. I want to you to know I appreciate you and everything you've brought to my life good or bad. And Please don't ever forget that... no matter what I do or say in the future... and no matter how long I go without saying it... *hugs*