Valentine’s Day has come and gone. It’s a wonder so many people put so much stress on love that is ever so present in each day of their lives. Does one day truly represent the love that is held in so many hearts?
“Bitter” is how people entwined in the arms of the person who they care for so deeply perceive the feelings of singles on such a day of great love. There may be a partial bitterness to a holiday that celebrates and forces singles to endure a couple’s love for each other while so many remain without. Couples are just as bitter as the people who are single. Their bitterness, however, is not for the holiday, but towards the people who surround themselves with such a hate for a holiday that excludes them, even though the holiday is not meant just for people in romantic relationships. Dislike for the holiday is most commonly based on a popular belief that a gift must be received in order for someone to show that he or she loves or cares for you.
While, for the most part, this is true, it is also safe to say that the dislike for any holiday is most apparent due to the lack of company shared with someone you care for.
From a personal standpoint, the holiday is not a holiday worth celebrating because the time and devotion that any person possesses for those loved should be celebrated every day, and not when the candy factories say it’s okay. Valentine’s Day may have been, at one point, a holiday that truly meant something. Now, the holiday, like many others, is almost entirely materialistic and superficial. Money talks, not love.
The cost of the total items spent on Valentine’s Day defines the amount of love one possesses for him or her for most people. There are people who would definitely argue that Valentine’s Day means more. However, the majority of the demographic of people who claim that V-Day is a special day aimed at showing your love and appreciation for your honey are in relationships – both old and new.
The expression of love shouldn’t have a price or material meaning, but entrepreneurs have understood over years that the average consumer will purchase items that express the meaning behind specific holidays, experiences or just because. Since then, holidays and the “just because” meanings have lost luster. However, as adaptable as we are, we have adjusted and altered our perceptions to fit what would be defined as the norm. Today, recipients of these treasures wait for holidays to see how much they are worth.
This is not to say that there are people who truly believe that love has no costs, but the vast majority of the world population runs alongside corporations that are promising bigger, better ways to show your love. A challenge for the world would be to show caring and appreciation on days that do not formally propose a need to express. Don’t give a gift because someone may be expecting it. Give a gift, non-traditionally, to a person or loved one on a day that has no special significance, and that would show that person how you truly care.
No definition based on costs – just a simple understanding that love exists outside of demanding holidays.
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