it seems that the original story of st. valentine, is a little bit murky... the 'st.' denotes the catholic religion, but apparently there were several st. valentines...
my general understanding is that whichever st. valentine that this tradition was named after was willing to die for his belief... whether it was the belief in the tradition of marriage for the young men, which at one time was being denied so that the young men would go to war, or for the safe treatment of christians... whichever was the original meaning, both were founded by love and courage...
love does take courage... and courage is driven by love...
instead of the commercialism of this holiday think beyond that... the ones in your life that you treasure, from family to friends, neighboring children and their family, extend your hand out a little further and do the unexpected... there is a great surprise in that...
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