While most of the world enjoys Valentine’s Day as a simple opportunity to buy a box of chocolates and a dozen roses for our loved ones, we see it as a day to celebrate the central emotion of the Universe - Love. Love is the primary motivating factor of life and is in essence the closest emotion to God. We ask you to consider celebrating Valentine’s Day as a celebration of that Universal Love, for your loved ones as well as all those who you come into contact with on this special day - and every other day of the year.

Consider celebrating Love in every form. From loving thy neighbor to loving your enemy. This is a day for forgiveness and “forgetness” because forgiveness alone is not always enough - one must fully let go of the perceived “wrong” if it is to be truly forgiven.

So, our advice for today is take a look at your relationships and instead of looking at the other person and judging everything they say as being negative or judgmental of you, see them from a perspective of love. See them as doing the best they can. See them as loving you the way they want to love you, instead of how you want to be loved. Its amazing how the other person doesn’t always know how you want to be loved. So, instead of frustration, defensiveness or negativity, you can change their understanding by showing them how you want to be loved. This can be done by showing them with your own loving actions towards them.

Starting today, show them the love that you have to offer and do it no matter how they initially react. Show your unconditional love and accept what they tell you with a loving heart. It’s amazing what love and acceptance will do to any relationship.

In effect, if you want change in your life, be that change. Be the very love you want to receive and it will come to you. But it must always come first from within you and you must make the initial change for anything to happen. Once you change how you relate to the rest of the world and to any specific person, you will find that they will change with you. It may be subtle at first, but if you watch closely, you’ll notice it before long.

We ask you to join us in celebrating Love in all its forms - starting with self-love and ending with loving everyone in the world. God loves every one of us equally at all times - no matter what we do or have done. Each of us can do the same if we only try. So, love yourself, love your family and love thy neighbor - but love everyone as much as you love yourself and the world will be a better place. Happy Love Day!!!!