Marketing a Day of Love

Valentines Day. A day for love, a day for candy, a day for flowers, a day for gifts, and a night of presumably sex. A day specified by society to celebrate ones love for another/others. Funny, last I checked, shouldn't we spend everyday showing our love for others? Today, ahem, excuse me, yesterday, is still a beautiful day. Everything red, roses, flowers, candy, smiles, hugs, and kisses. For couples, this day can be glorious and dreadful, one gets to express and spoil the other silly, but may dread having to plan it out the week prior and hopes everything goes as planned. Singles, its the longest 24 hours, being brought to your attention, front and center, how everyone around seems to have another, while you don't. Sadly, I am one of those. But, it doesn't affect me as much as one could imagine. I got plenty of love and get plenty of love, no get your head out of it. I have love for all my friends and their significant others, we are all family in my eyes. I get love from my family. Direct and extended.

I can only smile and enjoy the day as I should for Valentines Day is simply another way businesses make money (great marketing) and we help our economy cycle the money...

Digression.

I was watching television the other day and caught a quote from Whoopi who has been documented stating she struggled with drug addiction. She and a few other ladies had been discussing the situation Charlie Sheen was in and how all these people have strong opinions about him and his actions. Whoopi was quoted explaining that "experience trumps assumptions." That no one has a valid opinion about something they do not have experience in. We make assumptions everyday. Its how we rationalize things, how we are able to formulate opinions, how we may run our lives. They're very dangerous, and yet we often do this without conscious.

"Experience Trumps Assumptions"

So simple, yet so true, on all levels. Are we entitled to an opinion? Absolutely. Should we voice it for the sake of letting it be known? Absolutely not. Then again, who am I to say what we should do or not do. I'm not an elective official, or a legislator, I'm just another person with an opinion... when I can formulate one.

I've neglected to update this sooner. I won't disrespect you and make up an excuse. I will admit I have been avoiding doing such because I don't want to necessarily disclose all in my heart and soul. I am retreating to that hermit-tality, in fear of ridicule or scorn, judgment.

That hermit-tality doesn't extend in all directions, I still have some level of discloser involved.