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Does the thought of Valentine's Day excite you or does it give you another big holiday headache? Traditionally, Valentine's Day is a day where lovers express their love for each other. They send 'valentine' greetings in the form of cards, flowers and lots and lots of chocolate. These greetings are further exemplified through the traditional symbols of Valentine's Day that include hearts, Cupid and his arrow and lots of 'Be My Valentine' love notes. Is Love only supposed to be so outwardly expressed this one day of the year?
"Love, love, love" - isn't that a Beatles song? Yes and I believe it is called, "All We Need is Love." It is true - we do need love, but we need the non-clinging kind - the kind that allows each one of us to be who we are, without anyone trying to change or manipulate us into something that we are not. Easy? No - especially with all the conditioning and expectations that we were brought up with about how Love should be shown to us.
How can we break these conditioned patterns? Sit with yourself a bit and find out if you have any clinging or expectations when it comes to love. See what emotions get stirred up, if any, when you ask yourself the following questions: What if your partner does not get you anything.......
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