So, Valentine's Day (VD) is coming up here in the USA. VD celebrates being "in love" as opposed to loving. According to the myth, the day is named after St. Valentine who was executed in the third century for marrying Christian couples against Roman orders. Somehow, that ancient event has evolved into (a) couples flaunting their relationship status and (b) major business transactions involving flowers, cards, candy, and fine dining. Talk about secularizing the sacred! One dead guy, ooops, holy martyr who performed illegal marriages and, viola, a booming business day in the US.
I'm all for love and I love many people. I also have been "in love" and that didn't seem so much like love as it did a pheromone induced upper. I would like to send love notes to my children, my friends, my dog. I love them. I'm not "in love" with anyone nor do I want to be.
I'm thinking the Big Dude or Universal Good is amused or, yikes, not amused by these pointless human antics. What happened to enlightenment? What happened to love thy neighbor as thy self? What happened to humble awareness of our tiny role in the universe? Instead of dining out, shouldn't we be feeding the hungry? I get that VD is an escape. It's a way to forget momentarily that our partner is cheating on us or to extract a more expensive present from the cheater. It's a way to pretend that Eros lives in our relationship. If you have no in-love relationship, it can be yet another reason to feel bad about yourself.
Or, you could use it as a reason to say "I love you" to those you truly love, as a day to manifest loving kindness to strangers, as a day to feel your deep connection to universal love.Instead of wearing a heart pendant that someone bought for us, shouldn't we be wearing our vulnerability on our sleeve?
I'm here, Life. Bring it! Roxie
I'm all for love and I love many people. I also have been "in love" and that didn't seem so much like love as it did a pheromone induced upper. I would like to send love notes to my children, my friends, my dog. I love them. I'm not "in love" with anyone nor do I want to be.
I'm thinking the Big Dude or Universal Good is amused or, yikes, not amused by these pointless human antics. What happened to enlightenment? What happened to love thy neighbor as thy self? What happened to humble awareness of our tiny role in the universe? Instead of dining out, shouldn't we be feeding the hungry? I get that VD is an escape. It's a way to forget momentarily that our partner is cheating on us or to extract a more expensive present from the cheater. It's a way to pretend that Eros lives in our relationship. If you have no in-love relationship, it can be yet another reason to feel bad about yourself.
Or, you could use it as a reason to say "I love you" to those you truly love, as a day to manifest loving kindness to strangers, as a day to feel your deep connection to universal love.Instead of wearing a heart pendant that someone bought for us, shouldn't we be wearing our vulnerability on our sleeve?
I'm here, Life. Bring it! Roxie
No comments:
Post a Comment