I am passive on very few things, but Valentine’s Day is one of them.
I know that for some people it’s a big deal, significant other or not. It seems that every Valentine’s Day I am again surprised by the amount of posts about people sad to be alone, or how many people are truly elated to be with their special person for the day.
Either way, I guess that’s what social media was built for, but it seems superfluous.
Personally, I think that if you love someone so much as to post about it on social media on Valentine’s Day, you probably love them that much the rest of the time too.
Conversely, if you feel so alone on Valentine’s, you’re probably alone on other days too. This sounds harsh, but really learning to be alone is one of the most helpful skills you can have. It means that going on to live on your own someday won’t be harmful to your health. Learning to be alone means not feeling self conscious when you talk and nobody’s there, it’s singing as loud as you can to an empty house and not feeling sorry about it.
Either way Valentine’s Day is about love, so if you’re going to observe the occasion, do it in the name of love. Whether to you this means hugging a friend, buying coffee for a stranger, or giving your love chocolates, things done on Valentine’s Day should be done in the name of love, because if we’re going to celebrate an ultimately meaningless holiday, it might as well be with a good heart.