February 14, 2019 (Thursday) – Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day, February 14, is named for an Italian priest, but the date was originally connected to a pagan celebration of the Romans. The history seems hazy to me, and perhaps the best approach to understanding the special day is to look at how we observe it.
We send notes and cards to sweethearts. But we also send them to class mates, friends and others. We also send flowers and chocolates. And other gifts.
Did you know that 85% of those who purchase valentines are females? I don’t know if that statistic has any significance, but it seems a little surprising.
Valentine’s Day gives people permission to express affection for each other. Of course, we need no such permission. People show their love for each other every day.
Before marriage, couples make beautiful promises to each other, and give each other priority. They show little courtesies, and are polite and kind to each other. Courtship takes place, and ultimately the two make the vows of marriage.
After the wedding, some people gradually begin taking each other for granted, and slowly but surely drop the niceties and settle down to a life without much romance.
Bad mistake.
People who marry should resolve to keep on thinking of ways to make their partners happy. Putting the other person first results in the most happiness for all concerned. Expressions of love and affection are even more important after the wedding than they were during courtship. A man craves respect and a woman wants to be special in the eyes of her husband. Those who try to satisfy these basic needs of their partners can have very happy marriages. Happy Valentine’s Day.
This blog repeated from February 14, 2008
This song added.
“When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now,
Will you still be sending me a Valentine…?”
A Cappella Trudbol
This was one of the first songs Paul McCartney wrote, when he was 16. The song is sung by a young man to his sweetheart, and is about his plans of their growing old together. The song was recorded by the Beatles on 6 December 1966, during one of the first sessions for the as-yet-unnamed album that became Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
LISTEN TO PAUL MCCARTNEY SING HIS SONG. CLICK HERE.
LISTEN TO THE BEATLES 2009 REMASTERED. CLICK HERE.