EST. 2014
Disclaimer: I realise that there is Mother's, Father's, Children’s, and Best Friend’s Day as well as a bucket load of other love-base holidays. Valentine’s just happens to be my favourite. Plus! it’s like the pre-holiday to each of these. I also realise that many of my rules have their annoying exceptions, but let's not worry about those!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even though it’s not enough of a holiday to warrant a day off, Valentine’s Day is by far my favourite holiday. Here are my top 5 reasons why.
(1) Red and pink! The simplest reason that I love Valentine’s Day, is the colour scheme. I just love red and pink so much!
(2) You get to be nice! It seems to me, that February 14th is one of the few days when people can be honest and NICE without others [feeling the need to] wonder and worry about secret agendas etc. I really miss those adorable cards we'd give out to EVERY person in the class...ahhhh!
(3) The smiles on people’s faces! Next time you compliment someone or give them an unexpected gift, watch their response. If it’s not totally awkward and creepy, their responses can be amazing. I wish I could bottle people’s happy responses up for a rainy day (in a completely non-serial killer way). (Slight side note: Compliments are like little tiny gifts packaged as sentences!)
(4) A whole day full of hearts, chocolate, and pink all in one day?! I find this reason to be fairly self-explanatory.
(5) I just love love (love in the purest sense of the word). I don’t think that Valentine’s brings out love in its purest form, but love can be expressed in its purest form with no problem.
I wish every day could be Valentine’s Day. I get sick of all the Facebook posts that are soliloquies about the compounded love between two people. I get sick of the shared Instagram photos of the “perfect” Valentine’s Day. And the gazillion “Why Being Single During Valentine’s is a Good Thing!” posts.
But. I wish every day could be Valentine’s Day, because then you wouldn’t have to wait to say a sincere thank you. Thank you to your mum, dad, or sibling. Thank you to your friend or teacher. Thank you to that random person who made your day that ONE time. You’d get to say thank you, without receiveing weird looks. So, next week, when the buzz of telling your dad you love him wears off, tell him you love him anyway. And while you’re at it, even though “her day” was 2 months ago, tell your mum thank you! Do me a favour and help me make every day Valentine’s Day? Tell a sincere thank you at least once a week. A thank you with some meaning behind it. <3 What’s your favourite holiday and why?
"Ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten." - Lilo and Stitch
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I am a lover of basically all things cheesy and cliché. I love reading cheesy quotes, statuses, and pickup lines. I love listening to cheesy songs and watching cheesy movies. From HSM and Camp Rock to t-shirts that say, "Be-YOU-tiful" and peace-sign bracelets, I'm in love. I can't explain my obsession with such things; I just think there's something so beautiful about them. (This is the point where you just nod your head and leave me to indulge in my crazy.) And so today, here's some cheese and inspiration for your life. *Unless the source is stated, the author is unknown to me. *These are in no particular order. (1) "Everyone wants happiness, no one wants pain. But you can't have a rainbow without a little rain." So even though the world wants Cheerios, dare to be a Fruit Loop. Dare to be the unexpected, the unexpected expected. Do you. Believe in beautiful you. Shine in the darkest of moments, and hold back when they're expecting an explosion. But most of all remember, "it's okay to be a glowstick; sometimes we need to break before we shine."
<3 Happy summer! What are your favourite cheesy lines? Comment below! |