I cannot believe it is February.
I am, however excited because February is one of my favorite months and Valentines Day one of my favorite “holidays.”
Hold on, before you close out of this post hear me out.Firstly, I don’t “celebrate” Valentine’s Day with overpriced flowers, chocolate and dinner out.
For me, Valentine’s Day is about reminding us to share our love with the world.
To share our creativity, what is uniquely us and to spread love to those around us.
I also like pink and hearts and Valentine’s Day has lots of those 🙂
Last year I had a “Spread the Love Poetry Challenge” where I wrote a poem a day for a random stranger.
That was hard.
Really hard.
I’m not doing that again.
I do however, like the idea of spreading the love so I thought I would put a spin on it.
This month, I am going to focus on love and sharing it with the world.
Even the people who make you crazy.
Especially the people that make you crazy.
(I may blunder a bit there….)
For the entire month, I am going to do what I can to make others feel loved, appreciated and cared for.
I want people to know that their unique light is recognized, appreciated and needed.So how am I going to do this?
Dunno.
It will be as unique as the individual, I will however remind myself throughout each day, to be in a place of love for others.
I trust that in the moment I will be able to express it.
It may be simply posting a comment on someones FB wishing them a beautiful day.
I may comment on a blog post-letting the writer know I was inspired.
I will tell someone who’s shirt I like that I like their shirt.
I may give cards, gifts, tokens.
For me, this month will just be about focusing on love and how we can bring more of it into the world.
Join me?
If you would like to join in here’s how it works:
-Turn of the news: Focus on stories, events and places the serve to uplift people and show the good sides of humanity.
-Avoid gossip and anything that doesn’t serve to light people up!
-Let the world see your beauty!
If you would like to participate you can put this photo on your site and link to this post-inspire others to share the love! Also, I would love it if you commented below or messaged me on Twitter so I can send you some love too!
Let’s focus on the beauty in life.
Turn off the news.
Walk away from gossip.
Be love.
We can make a difference.
Until next time…..
Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante
Hey Michele – this is a lovely post and a great idea. It made me think of something I read last week. Unfortunately I can’t remember where I read it now – I read so much during the week! – but a blog post where someone was challenging themselves to speak to ten people every day. This related to her speaking to someone who had been feeling very lonely and it’s just that idea of reaching out a little to connect with others. I thought that was something very interesting to play with and it’s very interesting to see just how tricky it can be to speak to ten different people in a day.
Here we go – found it (isn’t Google a great thing!): http://theculturevulture.co.uk/blog/people-and-places/ten-a-day/
Rosemarie thank you for the comment! I love the post you shared-what a sweet idea! I will do my best to be aware of people around me and saying hello. Thanks!