Last year in wrote a blog about loving yourself. (think g rated version please).
Valentine’s Day. Every year you are in a slightly different frame of mind on this day. This year I want to remind us all to hug those dear. Human tendency is often to focus on the bad, the negative. What you don’t have. How our kids/spouse/family/friends drive us crazy, disappoint us, or didn’t do something. I have a friend who broke their leg and is now reminded on a daily basis how wonderful it is to easily walk, drive, and grocery shop. When you focus on the negative, it makes for a cup half empty world.
Your world can change in a heartbeat. I see this all the time in my breast cancer patients. They go from being a healthy 45 year old woman worried about if their child is scheduled in too many activities or not enough, and do we have milk in the fridge?, to being a cancer patient. Womp. The world stops. And changes. In a moment.
I know these hallmark holidays can be tiresome. We should celebrate love more than one day a year. So take this as a day to focus on the positive. We are blessed to have the kids/spouse/family/friends. We are blessed to have breasts which touch our waists after breastfeeding. That means you were able to have a child. Your breast milk helped that child be healthy. And that child who refuses to be potty trained or sleep though the night or clean their room may be the one who comforts you, cares for you, and holds your hand in your old age.
I am blessed to have a job which I love. I am blessed to have wonderful patients, who are strong, insightful, interesting, and accomplished women. I am blessed with my family and friends.
So on today, a day of love, focus on the good. And hug and kiss your loved ones.