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How Did Valentine's Day Originate?

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Valentine's Day today is a worldwide phenomenon -- straddling continents, cutting across cultures and transcending traditional beliefs. Quite simply, it has the world in its grip -- love does make the world go round! But, did you know that this celebration of love and romance has its genesis in a rather macabre event? No? Then, read on... Saint Valentine Fanciful legends surround the origin of Valentine's Day, adding to its mystique. But the one that seems to have the most acceptances is that this day was actually the martyrdom day of Saint Valentine. He was a fearless Christian priest who dared to challenge a mighty Roman Emperor, way back in the 3rd century A.D. Saint Valentine was a priest in the empire of Claudius II . The latter had sounded the death knell for young lovers and married couples with a rather peculiar decree. Fearing that loyalty to their families would supersede loyalty towards the empire, and thus leave him with an impoverished army, Claudius

You Deserve Love

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Why wouldn't you deserve Love? The list may be short, long, or may not exist. And to be honest it really doesn't matter because you deserve to be loved no matter who you are or what you've been through in life. More importantly, you deserve to allow Love within you to radiate. I'm not just speaking about a little sparkle of Love shimmering like a star over a body of water. I'm speaking (More like writing right?) about you deserving Love to shine within you like the sun on Earth. Before Love can feel welcome to surface from the depths of your being, you have to believe that you are worthy of Love. You have to believe that you are worthy of feeling Love and being Loved explained on Happy valentine’s day 2018 . There are no amounts of experiences that will ever block you from the Love that resides within you waiting to shine. The experiences themselves may appear to be like a wall blocking you from Love. Shift your perspective with me for a second; perhaps the wall