What should a lovely gift look like to be a successful hit?
A lovely gift to the one you love the most is a “rule” for today. San Valentine’s Day is a celebration that can be traced back to more than 400 B.C. A priest in Rome is killed and, after that, declared a martyr.
Whatever the details about the origin might be, the most important is that such an unclear origin is surviving as a tradition for more than 2500 years. And the answer can impossibly be another than the need for love, romance, friendship, and appreciation of all humans.
Since the day became more commercialized, approximately $20 billion has been spent on Valentine’s Day in the United States, surpassing Mother’s Day. It all started several hundred years ago with interchanges of love cards. When becoming more commercial during the last century, a lovely gift becomes a tradition. Candies in all forms belong to the number one gift, dominated by chocolate, followed by flowers and jewelry in third place.
The 14th of February, a date decided by the church back then, is the day many cultures have earmarked as the day of love and friendship. Isn’t it a bit absurd that a day in the calendar has to be assigned to love and friendship? Isn’t love and friendship something that should be a daily habit?
Love and friendship
Andy Warhol is probably the person who comes closest to what love and friendship should be when making the famous statement:
“I think everybody should like everybody.”
Behind the simple but, at the same time, profound words, a kind of infinite love and friendship can be found. Today it’s not only the day for a lovely gift, but to change your attitude to a more positive and friendly one.
The other aspect of affection is about you. We are so accustomed and brainwashed that affection can only be directed to somebody in all shapes.
Make this little test: Spontaneously list the ten persons you love and appreciate the most.
Ready? OK,…..what about you?
Since childhood, you have been taught that you have to give others all your love, admiration, and affection. To give it to yourself it’s equal to being selfish and self-centered. With this mindset, we are moving into corporate life to build other people’s dreams. OK, you get your monthly paycheck for it, but your time, knowledge, skills, passion, and loyalty you are trading for money.
Let your passion, knowledge, and time work for you is something you have to view as something good. It will produce a lot of self-esteem and satisfaction.
A Lovely Gift…to Whom?
Could you ever find a better day than Valentine’s Day to make this decision? The day when you finally decide to live life on your terms and the most lovely gift you will give to yourself.
It’s hard to learn how to love yourself for many different reasons. If you have trouble finding any reason, Alexis George gives you 10 reasons in her excellent article.
In a nutshell, loving yourself will help you to be a much better person. You will be much more secure and make better decisions in life.
Click on the heart below and unwrap your San Valentine’s Day present to yourself…..with a lot of love.
The point here is that you often forget yourself in the equation. It’s true that receiving always starts with giving, but for that reason, should you avoid going for the good things in life that you deserve?
You have a passion or maybe various passions you would like to cultivate, but time, money, or whatever it might be is holding you back. Giving yourself a valuable and lovely gift is not only the right moment to do it but also something that can change your life.
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