This month is all about celebrating love. Every kind of love. Because without love, what else is there? You may feel indifferent towards Saint Valentine or Cupid with his arrows. No problem. We have the perfect recipe for every heart this Valentine’s Day. Follow each step closely, and if all else fails - just add more love.
Recipe: The Heart of the Matter
Step 1: Prepare the heart for both pain and joy. Simply stated, remain open to the human experience.
Note: We know hearts come with deeply embedded sorrow and joy alike. That is what makes them beautiful. Just make sure the heart is tender and receptive to giving and receiving love.
Step 2: Add a generous amount of grace and forgiveness (this is needed to embrace love fully and give it in return).
Step 3: Dole out several expressions of love: this is where you add your own flavor to the recipe. You can choose between hugs, kisses, or simple acts of kindness for your loved ones or for complete strangers. Continue to revisit this idea: Love comes in many forms.
Note: You cannot add enough gestures of love to this recipe. The more love, the sweeter your creation.
Step 4: Sprinkle in some laughter, tears, and warm embraces.
Step 5: Let your mixture sit (time varies) and watch as your heart expands and becomes fuller, bursting with sensational hues as every ounce of human emotion finds it’s truest, most vulnerable form.
Step 6: Share your recipe with someone very special to you and seek his/her input. Always be welcome to feedback. MORE love from those whom you trust will enhance this recipe over time, adding more vibrancy, texture, beauty, and of course, more love.