Oh Valentine's Day, or as many people like to call it Forever Alone Day or Single-Awareness Day.
Can we just stop with that? Valentine's Day isn't just a day for people to buy Hallmark cards and chocolates for their significant others. Valentine's Day is to celebrate love in the many forms it comes in. It's to celebrate our families and friends and the wonderful relationships we have built with them. So with that in mind, here are a few ways we can celebrate Valentine's Day.
1. Write cards to your friends
Remember that time in Elementary school whenever we would get those small cards from Walmart and give them to our classmates? Well, cards are still important, and they're great personal ways we can tell people how we love them without spending too much money. Especially if they're hand-written.
2. Gather Your Friends
Plan a day where you and your friends can just order Chinese takeout and watch all your favorite chick-flicks together. The relaxation and the company will take the pressure off of you freaking out that you don't have a significant other to celebrate Valentine's Day.
3. If you have one, celebrate with your significant other
Make them feel cherished and loved. Take them to their favorite restaurant and order their favorite food. Buy them chocolates. Tell them that you love them and appreciate them and also make sure you tell them that all the time. Valentine's Day isn't the only day out of they year to celebrate love; we must make a conscious effort to do that every day.
4. Make others feel special
Pay another person a compliment and put others before yourself. Let your love be evident to all. Let gentleness and kindness rule so that you can put others before yourselves. Go ahead and bring some flowers to the nursing home or visit kids in an orphanage just to play with them and love the people who can't give you anything back.
5. Go at it alone
Some days we just need time to ourselves. While everyone else may be going out and having a splendid time, it's okay to just do something for yourself. Relax, let yourself breathe and treat yourself for once. Stay home, watch some TV and order your favorite food. Every now and then we do need a little time for ourselves to recuperate from a rough week.
6. Remember that Jesus is love
If you think about it, Valentine's Day is to celebrate love, and Jesus is love, so we should be celebrating Jesus. Let us rest in His work and sit at His feet and let Him teach us about love and what it is.
