Valentine's Day

Is it just me, or have most significant days and holidays become more and more about the blossoming of new love?

For example, Christmas - the season for which we celebrate Jesus Christ's birthday but instead take more of an importance in who we will be "under the mistletoe" with; New Year's eve - celebrating the time of a fresh year added unto our lives, yet we cannot help but think who will steal our first "New Year's kiss"; Birthdays - a joyous occasion to signify one's growing of age, however we've gradually included the need to "kiss the closest boy/girl" whence the knife touches the bottom.

I don't know about you, but why have these 'special features' been added to what would be a momentous day? Have we really anticipated less about the traditional meaning and more on this speck of pish-posh? If so, I could only forward to the conclusion that so many people are depressed and unsatisfied with their lives because such expectations overshadow their ability to enjoy something that entails more than 'erotic love'.

So many of my friends recently are finding the need to have boyfriends or girlfriends, and I suspect it is due to this overrated, overly hyped nonsense triggering our focus. In my opinion, many look forward to those upcoming days because they sense they will be lucky this time around; when they realise that it was just as the same as last year, an emotion of disappointment overcomes them. What would that make of next year? There's 3 choices:

1. Be hopeful again and expect a miracle that some dashing, young man will profess his love to you and you will ride off together on his Ferrari 458
2. Have the complete opposite mindset and not look forward to the occasion
3. Or simply, celebrate what the occasion is all about! 

Beyond all this "lovey dovey" trait underpinning those special days, I think most need to realise that it's not the end of the world. Maybe you need to be content with everything you have so then you can live a fully satisfying life. You should also expect less because not everything is a Hollywood movie. LIFE is what YOU make of it - YOU are your own director!

As for Valentine's day, that is a day you can express the notions of a New-Year-Valentine's Kiss, Cutting-the-Valentine-cake Kiss, or Valentine-Mistletoe Kiss. The only socially accepted day where excessive public display of affection is normal. And for all those who couldn't care less about tomorrow, you get a Cyber-5 from me.