February 14th

Ever notice how some people seem to love LOVE more than they love themselves? It's quite common. I guess the comfort of having someone else there who's life you can attach yourself to and who's world you can live in can help you escape all of the stress and turmoil of your own world. But is it really an escape or just a distraction? Unfortunately for he/she playing the "fugitive," (if you will) you can't live in someone else's world forever. Whether you like it or not and no matter how long you try to run from it by jumping from relationshit to relationshit (no those aren't typos), sooner or later you're going to have to face those things in your personal life that you've always tried to avoid confronting.

How do you best face those issues? By learning to love loving yourself. Attributing value to yourself is one of the best things you can do because once you believe within yourself that you are significant and that you deserve the best, you'll start carrying yourself like you are and expecting a higher standard of treatment. Thus, you'll be able to attract individuals with the capacity and qualifications to satisfy your new found criteria for eligibility to be in your company. This helps weed out the losers and usher in the more worthy candidates.

So with that said, if you don't have a Valentine this year, try being your own and stop whining and being a bitterly jaded "love-hater" because it only makes you look more pathetic. Maybe if you love yourself with enough fervor someone else may come along and be interested in seeing what the fuss is about. The little girl in the picture is on to something.