Timeless Reflections!

Frankly speaking, I have never really cared about Valentine's Day! To me it is just another commercial tactic to swoon in customers - be it the cards n gift galleries, ice cream parlors, coffee shops, shopping malls and blah blah blah! It is that time of the year when guys carry their hearts on their sleeves (yeah, literally- all those heart shaped bands on the wrists, I hate them!) and the girls don pinks and reds (No, I ain't saying its wrong! But, why specially this time of the year, it becomes a style statement?) , both the genders carrying teddies and cards and gifts!! A season for fretting over gifts and worrying over budgets- all the discs n pubs n hangouts being dolled up a tad too over the board. It seems a pain, to enter a coffee shop for a cup of coffee with friends and you are suddenly surrounded by balloons in heart shapes, and all the glitterati...! It seems as though Christmas has come early. Just that instead of Santa, it is Cupid with his love-bow! Sigh! Give me a break!!

Now, its not like I am prejudiced or conservative or er...drab boring. No. It is all about, why does one day have to be so special for Love? Love is such a beautiful sentiment right from the heart, all about sharing and all about togetherness and kindness and faith and everything that two hearts could share, all smiles! Love is omnipresent. Then why do we go overboard about Valentine's Day? I just fail to grasp the idea. I know some of us might come up with excuses - In the busy schedule of life, we may not get time to take out special moments to share and bond, in love. So such a day, makes everyone aware of what they have been missing, and makes it a simple way to express those feelings, hidden behind the pile of work files, and day-to-day tensions. It is a time to come out in the open and love, with out inhibitions. I do agree, in this hectic world, we often fail to make time for our loved ones. But I ask you, why does it have to be this way? If there weren't Valentine's day, wouldn't people have taken the effort and time out, to be with loved ones, to spend quality time with family and friends and love?? Wouldn't they have?? I strongly believe, they would. In spite of all limitations, they would do that special bit, for that special someone. And more often than once a year, for sure!!

I believe that I would never want go out on Valentine's day with Mr.Pea. Because, we would want to spend some time together, away from the clatter and clutter, of a noisy tribe, celebrating something, just for the sake of celebrations. Instead, I'd like to be with my dear ones, loved just as much as any other day of the calender, and sharing the beautiful feeling of Love, all through, with just us, and ours. And while the world goes ga-ga over a Valentine's Day, we'd be waking up to the same sun rays, and sipping the normal routine coffee and having the same silly tiffs, pouting and then making up; going for work, and getting home, for a quiet dinner and going to sleep, thinking how much more blessed could we be, for, we share the Love of a lifetime!! And to me, no day could beat that one! :)

Foot note: Happy Valentine's Day to believers! And Happy Loving to the rest!! hehehe!! :)