The red roses are stacked up and the card shops are lined with hearts, chocolates and flowers. This week saw Valentine’s Day arrive with its trailer of manufactured romance. However, if we accept that Valentine’s Day is meant to be a celebration of love, let’s be open to the possibilities of what love can mean and what love can be.
Love might be romantic. But it is one of a thousand possibilities of what love can look like.
Love is all the friendships and connections that matter to us; people who look out for us; checking someone ate lunch today; offering to help when it’s needed (and even if it isn’t); giving a hug; walking next to someone in silence when they don’t want to talk; laughing with someone; crying with someone; saying “thank you” and really meaning it; noticing when someone is not ok and turning towards them.
Love is a verb, and it is in the little things, every day, that make us feel valued, seen and heard. Love isn’t one day on the calendar; it is an expression of joy and connection any day and any moment that you choose.
Love looks like all sorts of things; love a little louder if you can.
