Today is my favourite non-holiday holiday, Valentine’s Day. It is a day celebrating and honouring love in our lives. Many will say it has been commercialised and created a lot of pressure around it, and there is no dispute there. It is only for the strongest hearts to endure the overwhelm of hearts and cheesiness. Nevertheless, it is naturally my favorite of all other days, like International Pancake Day, International Women’s or Men’s Day, and all the other ones we are marking throughout the year. So yes, we also have a day for love, and it is no wonder it is so disproportionately commercialised considering how important love is in all our lives. Love knows no gender, and it is there for everyone; there is no end to its supply because it is ever created by us. In my post today, I want to honour the importance of love in our lives and all the forms it can take. I hope we all take a moment to appreciate the love present in our lives and also the love we are creating. For me, love is a creation, an energy that has the power to move, to create miracles, and to write the most beautiful stories. It is the stories of the brave, of the ones who are courageous enough to embark on the journey of love. It can be tough, challenging, and testing in so many forms but never destructive. Love, in its pure and honest form, is never destructive; it is, for me, what ultimately makes the world go around.

Love comes in all shapes and sizes, from love towards what you do, family, friends, children, spouses, etc. When you listen to people talking about doing the work they love, they will never say it feels like work; it is more like the ability to channel their inner love towards something like a product or service. Looking around us, we see everywhere people who love what they do and how magical their life energy is; there is no toxicity; it is a pure creative energy from passion and heart. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a career and job that aligns with what they love doing the most, but I do believe we all have love for something in our lives. We would not be able to live without some form of love, whether it is towards something or someone. It is a driving force for the biggest movements and changes, whether culturally through some breakthroughs coming out of passion and love (science, technology, etc.) or personally through love between us humans.

Each one of us has such a huge power within when it comes to love; loving someone is the most beautiful work of life you can be dedicated to. It is not an easy journey, but for me, it is the most rewarding one. In your small cosmos, you are able to change someone’s life completely by loving them for who they are. The impact we have through our loving cannot be fully expressed in words; there will never be the right ones that can express what the heart really feels, and that is why it is so powerful and mystical. Life gets so busy, we are distracted so easily, and forget to appreciate the love we have and the one we can give. That is why I am so happy we have this one day where, if we choose, we can take a moment and appreciate and honor the love around us. That can be towards anyone or anything you love in any way you want.

My favorite part when it comes to love between people (family, friends, couples) is that there are no rules, right or wrong, or any kind of guidelines on how to love correctly. It is up to your own creation and interpretation; you define and create what kind of love you want to have and what structure of relationship works for you. When it comes to romantic love, the analogy I love the most is the blank canvas one. Each relationship is like a blank canvas that is painted by the colors we bring into the relationship. That is why I am so drawn to learning about different forms and types of relationships people create when they think outside of the box. Nobody can tell you what is right or wrong for you and your partner; only the two of you can be judges of that. Loving someone is very vulnerable and exposing; it takes a lot of courage to give someone insight into your most imperfect self and risk being rejected. At the same time, it is the most liberating to give someone the privilege to love you fully and accept it. There is a quote I really resonate with when it comes to romantic love that goes:

“Love is giving someone the power to destroy you and trusting they won’t use it.”

This quote for me really stands for the vulnerability of allowing yourself to be seen and loved for exactly who you are. Love and loving is a journey; it is a constant change and shift we are cruising through, and we are the ones deciding what kind of journey we want to create.

The most important source of our love is within; the supply is endless and only ours if we nurture and honor it. Whether we share it with someone or not is up to us, but knowing your ultimate source is within is power. That is why we are able to love someone only as much as we love ourselves, because loving ourselves means tapping into our infinite source of love within. Once you are able to connect to that source, you know you have that love you need within, and any other love you receive is just a bonus but not a necessity. The most beautiful part of connecting to your infinite love source is that sharing comes from a place of abundance, knowing there is no end to the supply because it is infinite and ever-creating.

I hope everyone allows themselves today to take a moment to feel the love, first within themselves, and then share it with someone. Pay attention to all the love around you and within you; if you look carefully, you will see it everywhere you are. I wish you discover the power of creation and your unique colors which are painting your blank canvas of love.

All my love,

Eni