Chocolates? Checked. Flowers? Checked. Dress? Oh you’ve not yet decided what to wear this Valentine! The next thing on the list is to hit the shopping mall and try to pick up that dress which suits you and the occasion well. It’s exciting, right? This is Valentine’s Day and definitely “the day” for love-birds to sit on a tree. February 14th is the much awaited day of the year to celebrate with your love partner and shower your passionate feelings for each other exuberantly. One can see couples holding hands and hitting onto every romantic place possible, smiling at each other, feeding each other, and in case of boys we find them playing with the girl’s hair being so much in love, probably one couldn’t fathom.
The social networking sites like Facebook add on to the feeling. It’s all the canoodling and mushy ways of showing love on that day that at times I start to think about those who are bereft of any love partner. I have my friends who are single and the Valentine’s Day seems to be just another day for them, with the usual chores and mundane stuffs. Some of them look at the love-birds on the streets and come back to me with an insipid look on their face. Oh, it gets worse when they complain of not having a boyfriend or a girlfriend. But is Valentine’s Day only to be celebrated between couples? Do the rest of us, or more specifically, ‘The Singles’, not deserve to enjoy the Valentine’s Day equally?
Dear people, Valentine’s Day is a day which is marked by love and passion and care. It’s a day where people do things for each other just to show how much they love them, no matter how small your surprise plans may be. Little things make one happy and that should suffice in the end. I feel love is that divine feeling that should not be put into the confines of ‘couples’. Love is beyond the girlfriend-boyfriend bracket. It embraces us all and ignites one at the mere flick of it.
So why do we mark this day with the talk of dalliance? I have often been told by those who are committed to grab a drink and watch the sun go down because they feel 14th February is not supposed to be the day for people like me and just to not feel morose, I should have other productive indulgences. Is it so, really? Well, I take their advice and toss it in the dustbin because I have more than just one Valentine to celebrate the day with. Yes! I have my parents, my siblings, my best friends and all those people I love whose unconditional concern makes this Valentine’s Day a remarkable one even without the presence of a love partner. You have never thought of it, have you? Why not?
This is a day to celebrate love and love can be celebrated even with your cute and fluffy pet dog who tickles you every time you try to sleep. Love can be between you and that huge bookshelf you have where you have lived thousand lives and fallen in love with the characters over and again. Love can be between you and your teacher who backed you up every time you thought you were not going to make up to the ladder. Love can be celebrated with your benign grandparents whose wrinkled skin you love to stretch and whose mesmerizing stories you love to listen.
This is it, people. Break the stereotype and come out of the boxes where you’ve been taught to stay drunk, and watch the love-birds delving in pleasure. This is Valentine’s Day; a day to love one another and I say this again, love is not just about “love-struck couples”. So why don’t we, ‘The Singles’ start cavorting about the love-pitch and make the most out of it with ALL of our Valentines together? It’s your time now to paint the world beautiful. Go hit it!!
