Showing LOVE does not have to cost you 1 penny. Love is a spirit, an explosion of emotion that has been with us since the beginning of time and it does not take money to prove your love. Adam and Eve where the first people in LOVE. They did not have a store to purchase a gift as they shared love all their lives.
The simple words "I Love You" said in a manner with sincerity, honesty and your actions is all your loved one needs to know how you feel. Showering them with gifts is the retail worlds way of saying "Happy Valentines Day" and the only way you can say it is by reaching in your pocket and spending money you do not have so they can make a fortune on this holiday.
People should not allow the inability to give a gift stop them from showing love in other unique ways. Instead of feeling guilty or like a failure for what you cannot afford get creative and remember that love in itself is a gift that many people do not have. Give yourself if you cannot afford a retail gift like me. Never let lack of money hinder this special day by feeling sorry for yourself. Sometimes this was all you had to give during your life especially when things were tough and easy street was not in site.
Finding a way that costs' nothing but will mean more and be forever remembered but it requires some imagination. Truly all I need to show love is taking the time to create a card out of anything I have and putting something in it that comes from my heart. Every person that is in love has private words, sayings, pet names or an object that they used in the past or a special moment that occurred years ago but when told again to your love one can arouse the essence and reason for your love that has grown over the years.
Opening a car door for your loved one is something you did while dating but after many years have stopped doing. Cooking a dinner, taking a walk, holding hands, a kiss are all beautiful ways to say "I Love You". So come on a get creative, be happy for the love you have because it is very special and true love is a rare quality in today's world. The word love has every emotion attached to it but if you are still together you are still experiencing the most exciting emotion in life, LOVE!
Here is a link on enjoying Valentines Day on a Shoestring Budget and I hope it will give you more ideas to not forget that love is not how much money you have but how much you love others.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2180994_celebrate-valentines-day-budget.html?utm_source=eHOD&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2180994&utm_campaign=12_02_2011
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Valentines Day 365 Days of the Year
Valentines Day is the day that LOVE is remembered. Yet we all know that love should be remembered for 365 days of the year. As a child you receive your first Valentine card by your classmates. This is when you learn who your friends are in grade school anyway.
What is LOVE? First there is love of your parents and siblings. When you are around 12 or 13 you begin to notice the opposite sex. Valentines Day takes on a whole new meaning. When you fall in love then another type of love develops. Marriage adds another kind of love as it involves your vows of loving each other in sickness and in health, til death do us part.
After being married at age 16 and my husband was 17 in the year of 1976 which means we have loved each other for 34 years we listened to these words and stayed true to them. I feel I am an expert on staying happily married and love at this stage is even more intense than I ever imagined it could be. In 34 years we have survived many good times and bad times. The point here is we stuck together and love is what it took.
Today Valentines Day is just another day as we love each other 365 days a year. For all you newly married couples use Valentines Day to remember that love develops and changes all your life but true love can only be experienced if you stay with the one you love. You will not be disappointed that you did. Today to find marriages that last is a very rare thing and when you see a couple that has been married as long as we have or longer pay heed as this is the ultimate love and cannot be experienced until you have stayed with one person through good and bad times.
Marriage is always a gamble but I can say from experience that once you reach this type of LOVE you will understand what LOVE truly is. Happy Valentines Day is just to remember that you need to say I LOVE YOU everyday of the year. Give someone a special gift if you have a hard time with the words "I Love You" so the other person knows you care. Both words and a gift are great too!
What is LOVE? First there is love of your parents and siblings. When you are around 12 or 13 you begin to notice the opposite sex. Valentines Day takes on a whole new meaning. When you fall in love then another type of love develops. Marriage adds another kind of love as it involves your vows of loving each other in sickness and in health, til death do us part.
After being married at age 16 and my husband was 17 in the year of 1976 which means we have loved each other for 34 years we listened to these words and stayed true to them. I feel I am an expert on staying happily married and love at this stage is even more intense than I ever imagined it could be. In 34 years we have survived many good times and bad times. The point here is we stuck together and love is what it took.
Today Valentines Day is just another day as we love each other 365 days a year. For all you newly married couples use Valentines Day to remember that love develops and changes all your life but true love can only be experienced if you stay with the one you love. You will not be disappointed that you did. Today to find marriages that last is a very rare thing and when you see a couple that has been married as long as we have or longer pay heed as this is the ultimate love and cannot be experienced until you have stayed with one person through good and bad times.
Marriage is always a gamble but I can say from experience that once you reach this type of LOVE you will understand what LOVE truly is. Happy Valentines Day is just to remember that you need to say I LOVE YOU everyday of the year. Give someone a special gift if you have a hard time with the words "I Love You" so the other person knows you care. Both words and a gift are great too!
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