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 Happy Valentine's Day

Be Your Own Valentine. Love Yourself. Be Good To Yourself. You are a great person. You have the power to overcome any obstacle. 

I think everyone should be their own valentine first. This means you should treat yourself well, make yourself happy. If you make yourself happy, then you are guaranteed of making one person happy. You cannot please everyone. There will always be somebody that is not happy with what you are doing or planning to do. That person will always have some reason as to why it will not work, or you should put it off. So I 'would' say do not care about what others think, but you may have a significant other in your life or a close family member/friend whose opinion you care about, and you want to find out want they think. If you ask their opinion and they advise you honestly, weigh the good and the bad, if the good outweighs the bad then do what you want. If you are good to yourself you will be happy. You will be able to give the best of yourself to those around you. 

You see, society/media/commercials have traditionally celebrated (or at least as long as I have been alive) valentine's day as a two-person or more day. You have to get flowers for your sweetheart, or candy. You have to "do" something. If you don't do something then the person or people will have hurt feelings, be disappointed and/or get mad at you. But this is not the case. Why do you have to have someone in your life to celebrate valentine's day? If you do that's wonderful. But if you don't, why can't you celebrate yourself, by yourself? There is no reason why you cannot. You are a good person. Give yourself flowers, candy, etc. You may not have that special someone right now, but it is okay. You don't have to have someone special in your life, friend, boyfriend, wife, or husband. Don't be sad if you do not. 

Take this day as a day to count your accomplishments/blessings. What have you done, and are good at? Give yourself a pat on the back. You got of bed his morning, you are above ground. This is another day to go after your dreams and goals. So, smile today and be your own valentine.