"I wish you joy and happiness. But above all, I wish you love"

February 14th. The one day every year when six billion people stop what they're doing to appreciate and acknowledge those who mean the most to them. The ones who lit up their world when everything was dark and gave them something to believe again. The ones whom they love. I think that says something about our "very screwed up society". All you hear on the news are stories about how we live in a society of people who would rather be with their phone then with others, and don't have compassion for their fellow human being. But this is the day that proves it all wrong. It shows that we're willing to show others what they mean to us. And we're all striving to find someone thats willing to do the same for us. The fact that we're all still looking for love and believe in the idea of it says that we're not a completely lost generation of people.

I recently saw the movie The Vow with Channing Tatum and Rachel McCadams. Rachel happens to be one of my favorite actresses. I love The Notebook, The Time Travelers Wife, and Mean Girls a lot more then the average person. When I saw she was pared up with the heartthrob Channing I knew I had to see the movie. What caught my attention the most was the story and the fact that it was based on a real couple. Spoiler Alert: The couple was in a car accident and the women lost every memory of their time period together. She had no idea who her husband was. He did everything in his power to make her fall in love with him again. It didn't work and he thought that he had lost her forever. But someway, somehow life brought them together in a whole new way and made them fall in love again all over again. She never regained her memory, but they lived happily ever after in their own way. Cute story huh?

So my wish for all of you readers is that you don't take Valentines Day as a day where you "waste" money, a "cheesy commercial holiday", "single awareness day (i'll admit that one was pretty funny), or any of the other negative connotations it has come to have. Take it as a day that you appreciate all those in your life that have loved you in the past or love you now. Take a moment to tell them that they mean something to you. And if you're a guy go all out. I expect you to buy every flower in the shop and chocolate from Russels Stover. Just kidding. It's always the thought that counts.

song of the day: I Will Always Love You by the late great Whitney Houston

quote of the day: "Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it" - Rumi

Happy Valentines Day Everyone! <3