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Well, people, it’s that time of year again! That’s right, Valentine’s Day is coming up. It’s the one day of the year when the focus is on those we love, not ourselves, right? Right?? Well, not entirely…

Soon, the shops will be filled to overflowing with things to buy your special someone for Valentine’s Day. The people selling these things also have a great marketing ploy: If you don’t buy something for your partner/boyfriend/girlfriend, then you don’t really love them. Not surprisingly, this attracts the customers.

But I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks that Valentine’s Day is rather pointless and shallow. This ‘obligation’ to buy gifts for those you love seems to defeat the purpose, really. Wouldn’t it actually be better to receive a gift from that special someone when they’re NOT obligated to give it to you? Why does love have to be shown to its full extent only on Valentine’s Day? Why not every day?

In the end, I guess it all comes down to money and/or consumerism (like most things wrong with this world). But maybe we shouldn’t get sucked into the whole Valentine’s Day thing. I’m not really one to talk about romantic relationships, but why can’t we treat our loved ones as though every day is Valentine’s day?

Well, I think it’s finally starting to dawn on thousands of students across the country. School is over. Forever. It’s now time to grow up and join the real world.

I’m sure that for many people, this is a time of fear and uncertainty. It certainly is for me. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the short-term and to be honest, it scares me to death.

It’s often been said that no-one likes change but change is something that everyone is guaranteed to experience at some point. Times like this are a remind of how dependent we are on having control of our lives. However, as a Christian, I know that my life is not mine. I should be letting ‘Jesus take the wheel’ (as one song puts it).

So it’s my prayer for myself and everyone in the state that we use this huge change in our lives as an opportunity to surrender control to the one person who really matters.

Yeah, someone just linked me to this song by Disciple (a band whom I’ve never heard of before, but are apparently quite popular) which is about someone wishing they had expressed their feelings for someone before they are ‘lying there in this hospital bed’.

This song not only inspired me to write a blog post, it’s inspired me to make the most of today and to value all time spent with those whom I care about.

I’ve heard it said that one should not let a dispute/argument see the end of the day and this song just reminds me of that.

I guess I’m just trying to say: live every day like it’s your last and treat those you love like you may never talk to them again.

Song: Things Left Unsaid – Disciple (YouTube link)
Lyrics @ SongMeanings