Initially I know I said this blog would focus on all things French, but I'm going to break that rule and deviate a bit today. I haven't written in a while because, well, life has been a little crazy.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, as is obvious by all of the pink and red advertisements telling us to shower our sweeties with chocolate and undies and cards and flowers and God knows what else. Many guys cringe at the mere mention of Valentine's Day, probably because they feel they can't live up to the hype. And I agree that merchants and advertisers go overboard with Valentine's Day commercialism, but I think there's an underlying point here that many of us miss.
While businesses push Valentine's Day as a way to make more moolah, people are coerced into believing that the purchasing and gifting of material objects will win over a special person's heart. Ideally that sounds great, but I think that the arrival of Valentine's Day should really tell us that life is fast and uncertain and sometimes cruel, but having someone in your life with which to share the burdens and stress and laughs and tears and smiles can help us through. So for one day a year maybe we could all step back and think of the important people in our lives and take some time to show them how much they mean to us, whether it's with chocolate or dinner or jewelry or a phone call or a simple hug. People like to know they're thought of and appreciated. Is it really so difficult to let them know that, even if it is just once a year?
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