Valentine Day gets a Makeover!

It’s a day of love, it’s a day of passion and it’s a day for celebrating all we love, but many don’t know it was historically the day that celebrated the burial of St. Valentine and the Christian Martyr’s. Not exactly a very red rose romantic setting, so why and how did it move from Martyr’s to cupids with arrows, roses, and today in 2019, it is about celebrating self, and I love that.

This valentine day celebrate and I don’t mean going out for fancy dinners or partying and gulping down shots, instead try the reading, traveling, painting, movie going, hiking, and feeding your soul kind of celebration. Pause for a moment and dig deep down to find the tiny pilot light flickering inside you, fuel that and let it burn.

Flare up the passion you had as a child, let your dreams dazzle your days and let your smile glow over your face.

This Valentines day, promise yourself to let go of the negativity and if you can’t let to, promise yourself to ignore. The naysayers and the copy cats will always be there, do not despair. They copy, because they dream to be you. Their lives on Facebook look picture perfect but remove the filters and the brightness goes away.  Ignore them, forgive them and pray they find their peace.

In 2013, I said Love is a choice, and I still believe that. We definitely choose who to love. This Valentines day choose to love every part of yourself. The beautiful stretch marks that remind you of your gorgeous kids, the dark circles show you cared to stay awake, the grey hair is proof you care more for the world around you. Love these imperfections because they make the perfect YOU.

Do what you love. It’s hard to ignore the nays and the no’s but we all have to start some day, so start today. For many months, I did not write as the negativity was taking control, my mind told me to write, but the heart could not. Today, I am letting go of the negativity and choosing to write again. This Valentines Day, I am choosing to do what I love.

How will you celebrate Valentines Day?