Happy Valentine's Day

As Emmett  Miller said "I am what I think". So if you think you are loved, you are loved. More importantly if you love yourself, you are loved. You don't need to have others to do this for you. It is wonderful if they do,

• making breakfast for you
• writing a love letter (come on it has to be more than a page double sided long)
• write a love poem ( and it does not start with "Roses are red...")
• washing your car and checking for oil and water
• whispering sweet nothings in your ear (not a wet finger...yes it is so gross!)

and they will if you love you first. If you love life, if you are gratiful for your life, love surrounds you.


 Ophelia in Hamlet (1600-1601):


To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,


All in the morning betime,


And I a maid at your window,


To be your Valentine.


Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,


And dupp'd the chamber-door;


Let in the maid, that out a maid


Never departed more.






—William Shakespeare , Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5


Lately I have rediscovered that gratitude is awareness. My pace has slowed down considerably. I have time to allow myself to open my senses to the world around me. This use to occur if I was on holidays, a change my weekend routine or going for a walk in nature parkland, river or beach. {I do miss my river walks with one of my close friends.} I am very lucky and thankful that this happens more often now. Being able to open my senses to the world around me has an impact on how I feel and how I choose to live the next moment of my life.

I love my life, I love my family, I love my friends and I love me. Happy Valentine's Day!!!!