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Valentine’s Day.  The Day that Hallmark and countless companies make it your obligation to show your significant other how much you value their irreplaceable love with greeting cards, gift cards, diamond jewelry, cell phones, fatty chocolate, and overpriced red roses.  When you flip on the television, you are bombarded with the message that your girlfriend will feel that your  love  is not genuine if you do not buy her a new red Lexus with a Tiffany’s diamond necklace hidden in the glove compartment.

Too many of us use Valentine’s day as a crutch for all the times when we took our significant other for granted over the year.  You got to let the one you love know how much you care about them every day of the year.  This is not like a New Years resolution where you can be forgiven if you break that promise to go to the gym 5-6 days a week, quit smoking,  eat more vegetables, etc.   Love is a currency someone should not be stingy in spending every second of their life whether that love is spent through a hug, a kiss laced with morning breath, a home cooked dinner from the heart, or quiet conversation shared on the subway train. Come on people! Love does not have to be linked to your line of credit.

When I am fortunate to be with the one I love, I revel in the quiet moments that I share with her.  They are enough for me.  I don’t need a material gift to know that someone sees me as their alpha and omega. Just give me you and the love, and I’m good to go for a lifetime.

Yes, Valentine’s Day is a prime opportunity to let your significant other know that you love, but let this display of love come from a place of sincerity rather than force.  Valentine’s Day is only one day of the year. There are 364 days in which you can let your love be known. Those days are more important than the one that falls on the 14th day of February.

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