Thursday, January 31, 2013

are you the next Valentine?

Valentine!

Who would imagine that Valentinus, the father of Valentine's Day, was a great martyr? He was imprisoned for performing wedding among soldiers who were forbidden to marry during the Roman Empire. The Roman Emperor at that time forbade soldiers to marry knowing that married men would not be good soldiers. Long after, he was executed for trying to convert the Roman Emperor from paganism to Christianity. Tracing Valentinus' love story from legends, before his execution, he was able to write a card with the now-famous ending "From your Valentine" to Julia, the woman whom everyone believed to have healed from blindness because of him.

So originally, from my understanding, Valentine's Day should mean martyrdom?

The question now is how far can you go in the name of love.

Can you die because of love?
Can you sacrifice just because of love?
Can you be the modern Valentinus?

Why love entails a lot of sacrifice?
Why love has to be complicated sometimes?

Learning from the father of Valentine's Day, love entails a lot of sacrifice. Now, I understand why love is a verb. It is more of an action word. Love efforts more than not.




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