Another Valentine's Day has come and gone. Like most of the Valentines days before this, I was pretty bitter leading up to it. I hated seeing all of the cute gifts in stores, I was repulsed by my friends that were gushing over their boyfriends' plans to get them flowers, and I was a little sad when my friends discussed their date plans. This being a holiday that revolves mostly around couples, it's easy to get rather depressed when you're single.

Leading up to Valentine's Day, I found myself growing rather bitter. I avoided conversations with my friends regarding their relationships; I avoided the holiday section in Walmart; I even avoided listening to love songs. Then Valentine's Day came and everyone was dressing up, getting excited to surprise their significant others and anxiously awaiting the arrival of their gifts, I was dreading the day in every sense of the word. I woke up late, dressed down rather than up, and I was rather grumpy.

However, my attitude started to change as the day went on. Starting my day at work that morning as a lifeguard at the school's pool, I was greeted by many warm smiles as my usual patrons came to the swim. They all made sure to tell me good morning and wish me a happy Valentine's Day.

Later in the day after my first class, I received a call saying that someone had sent me flowers and asking where I wanted them delivered. This made me feel giddy--even though they were from my parents, it was still nice to receive flowers like all of my friends.

My best friend took time out of his day to tell me Happy Valentine's Day. Then, fast forward to after my last class of the day, and my dad called to tell me he put money in my account because, well, happy Valentine's Day!

My college friends also informed me that we were going to dinner to celebrate! The food was awesome, and it was so much fun to spend a night out with my friends.

It wasn't until I was back in my dorm room looking at my flowers, which just happened to be my favorites, and changing out of my cute outfit that I had worn to dinner with my friends that I realized how truly blessed I am.

I may be single on Valentine's Day, but honestly, that's not such a bad thing. From my patrons in the pool to my parents who surprised me, from my best friend who checked on me to my friends that I went to dinner with, I am blessed with amazing people in my life.

Valentine's Day helped me realize that you don't need a significant other to have a good holiday, you just need to be appreciative of the people that you already have in your life. Learn to appreciate them, and when the time is right, God will bless you even more by allowing a significant other to come into you life.