Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentine's Day A Wonderful Day : LOVE FOR ALL
Happy Valentine's Day! For many people, this is the day of all days for romantic love. Throughout the country, flowers by the dozens and chocolates by the pounds are being bought in record numbers. Special dates are made, balloon bouquets are delivered, singing valentines arrive, love notes appear under pillows and romantic evenings are planned. Yes, when it comes to how people celebrate Valentine's Day in this culture, it's one for the books.
Or is it? For many people, Feb. 14 can feel pretty flat. If you don't happen to be in a relationship today, it may seem like everyone else and their mother is. Maybe you are struggling within a relationship? Today throws a little salt in that wound. Perhaps you've lost a treasured spouse? My guess is you'd like to spend the day under the covers, wishing you could skip Valentine's Day entirely.
All of the hype about romantic love can make for a fairly one-dimensional celebration. But we all know that love is about so much more.
Think about the various colors of this very special emotion. Love is about all of the people in our lives who are near and dear to us, whether that be a beloved next-door neighbor or one of our children's favorite teachers. It's about your dear friend who would move heaven and earth to help you, or your elderly aunt who never failed to support you during rough times.
Love is also about people doing good things in the world -- the sweet waitress at your favorite coffee shop who always greets you with a smile, or the dedicated souls who work feeding the homeless. Love is about kindness and generosity of spirit. Sometimes, it's as simple as thinking of others.
Try to this Valentine's Day ,do something that will make you feel this kind of love?
Or is it? For many people, Feb. 14 can feel pretty flat. If you don't happen to be in a relationship today, it may seem like everyone else and their mother is. Maybe you are struggling within a relationship? Today throws a little salt in that wound. Perhaps you've lost a treasured spouse? My guess is you'd like to spend the day under the covers, wishing you could skip Valentine's Day entirely.
All of the hype about romantic love can make for a fairly one-dimensional celebration. But we all know that love is about so much more.
Think about the various colors of this very special emotion. Love is about all of the people in our lives who are near and dear to us, whether that be a beloved next-door neighbor or one of our children's favorite teachers. It's about your dear friend who would move heaven and earth to help you, or your elderly aunt who never failed to support you during rough times.
Love is also about people doing good things in the world -- the sweet waitress at your favorite coffee shop who always greets you with a smile, or the dedicated souls who work feeding the homeless. Love is about kindness and generosity of spirit. Sometimes, it's as simple as thinking of others.
Try to this Valentine's Day ,do something that will make you feel this kind of love?
HISTORY OF VALENTINES DAY
Saint Valentine's Day, often simply Valentine's Day, is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentinus. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD, and was later deleted from the General Roman Calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI. It is celebrated in hundreds of countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in all of them.
The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards known as "valentines".
Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards known as "valentines".
Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
Roses Reign Supreme for Valentine's Day
Valentine’s Day is Tuesday and local flower shop owner said there is one gift that supersedes them all for your significant other.
“Roses say it all,” she said , .With the popular holiday for couples quickly approaching, she said she will be open as late as possible for last minute shoppers on Tuesday.
“Whatever the traffic will bear, I’ll be open until six, seven, eight o clock,” she said. “Probably think around four they’ll start coming in [on Tuesday], but you know we have a lot of deliveries, a lot of people are expecting them to be delivered.”
While other holidays may top the sheer volume of flowers and related gifts being bought and sold, she said none top the popularity of this one.
“Valentine’s Day is the busiest single day,” she said. “Mother’s Day is a bigger week overall though.”
Roses are not the only option though if you’re looking to pick up something less traditional.
“Sometimes they buy an arrangement in a vase or in a basket or maybe they just buy cut flowers instead,” she said.
“Roses say it all,” she said , .With the popular holiday for couples quickly approaching, she said she will be open as late as possible for last minute shoppers on Tuesday.
“Whatever the traffic will bear, I’ll be open until six, seven, eight o clock,” she said. “Probably think around four they’ll start coming in [on Tuesday], but you know we have a lot of deliveries, a lot of people are expecting them to be delivered.”
While other holidays may top the sheer volume of flowers and related gifts being bought and sold, she said none top the popularity of this one.
“Valentine’s Day is the busiest single day,” she said. “Mother’s Day is a bigger week overall though.”
Roses are not the only option though if you’re looking to pick up something less traditional.
“Sometimes they buy an arrangement in a vase or in a basket or maybe they just buy cut flowers instead,” she said.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
A THOUGHT TO PONDER ABOUT YOUR FLOWER :)
“For millions of years flowers have been producing thorns. For millions of years sheep have been eating them all the same. And it's not serious, trying to understand why flowers go to such trouble to produce thorns that are good for nothing? It's not important, the war between the sheep and the flowers? It's no more serious and more important than the numbers that fat red gentleman is adding up? Suppose I happen to know a unique flower, one that exists nowhere in the world except on my planet, one that a little sheep can wipe out in a single bite one morning, just like that, without even realizing what he'd doing - that isn't important? If someone loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that's enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars. He tells himself 'My flower's up there somewhere...' But if the sheep eats the flower, then for him it's as if, suddenly, all the stars went out. And that isn't important?”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
HOW IMPORTANT FLOWERS CAN BE A QUOTE FROM MARGARET MITCHELL'S BOOK "GONE WITH THE WIND"
“But how nice it would be to know that some good Yankee woman - And there must be SOME good Yankee women. I don’t care what people say, they can’t all be bad! How nice it would be to know that they pulled weeds off our men’s graves and brought flowers to them, even if they were enemies. If Charlie were dead in the North it would comfort me to know that someone - And I don’t care what you ladies think of me,” her voice broke again, “I will withdraw from both clubs and I’ll — I’ll pull up every weed off every Yankee’s grave I can find and I’ll plant flowers, too — and — I just dare anyone to stop me!”
Melanie from Gone With The Wind”
― Margaret Mitchell
Melanie from Gone With The Wind”
― Margaret Mitchell
Saturday, February 11, 2012
LOVE AS TIME GOES ON.....NEW POST
"For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others."
― Sam Levenson
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others."
― Sam Levenson
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