LOVE IS MORE BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHARED.

Feb 14 of every year has been a remarkable day since I knew myself and even before I was born and it certainly remains one. People have used this day as an opportunity to show love and share gifts with the ones they love. This is a very beautiful and amazing thing. Although I am of the believe that love and deep affection should be part of our everyday lives and we do not have to wait for a particular day to show love to our spouses and people around us, (I mean God shows us love every single second and we are his children so we should show love as well),  however, it is not a bad idea that we have this month of love or love-month to be extra deliberate about loving our spouses.

I will like to advice that we use this opportunity to show love not just to our spouses but to people around us, especially the people who are not necessarily recipients of love. Let us give people reasons to smile again. Let us be deliberate and intentional in stretching out the arm of love. Gifts are precious and you do not have to break a bank to get a valuable gift for someone to prove that you love him or her. 

NOTE: Giving a person what he or she needs is more valuable than spending millions of Naira on something that he or she doesn't really need. So this is a call for us to be sensitive to the needs of our spouses as well as people around us. Remember that nothing is too small, so please go out of your comfort zone and make someone or some people smile by stretching your arm of LOVE towards them and giving them the needs that you can afford.

Another advice I would like to give is for us to be extra careful during this period. As much as we are in a season of love, some people are also out there to destroy us. Please I would like to beg you - do not let this period be one filled with regrets when you look back at it. In order to compulsorily get a gift from someone, some people get tempted to give up their bodies, their pride and compromise on the things that are very important to them. Please do not be part of these people. Some people will do it but it should not be you. Hold on to your beliefs! Hold on to your faith! Do not compromise!

This is also a period where some people get tempted to cheat on their spouses because they feel s/he is not giving them or is not capable of giving them what they want. Is this right? No sir! No ma! Please stick to your spouses and do not let the love of money/gifts be the reason that you will depart from them. This day will come and go and so the fact that you think you need a gift by all means is not a good enough reason to be moody or to cheat on your spouse. S/he would definitely have reasons for not giving you a gift so do not be downcast or tempted to do something that might destroy your marriage or relationship.

Can I shake a table?

Please women DO NOT start feeling entitled because Vals day is around the corner. Your husband or boyfriend can get you a gift but it goes both ways. You can also get him a gift. There is no law that says women are the only ones that have the ability to receive gifts! Men are humans as well and so they have the same ability to receive gifts as you do. Yes, it might not be an expensive gift (based on your capacity) but he deserves to get something from you as much as you feel you deserve to get something from him.

Once again we say - HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY in advance. Enjoy yourself but remain pure - let nothing be missing or broken

OneLove,

SomzyBrown