Ok so I had two posts I wanted to write yesterday.
The one I mentioned in my previous post about how I hadn't been able to get someone out of my head and with good reason it turned out, I never elaborated as it's not my place to but the events served to remind me that it is very rare to connect with someone and when you do you should be reminding yourself and them that they mean something to you regardless of who they are.
The second was about the commercialism of days like valentines day and how come I feel the other 360 odd days of the year are more important and it was well side tracked and proven by yesterdays events.
I was going to leave it alone though and not say anything more about it and then I realised this morning that by doing that I'd be playing straight into the commercial hands that run money making rackets like valentines day because I myself was holding back on exactly what I wanted to say and waiting for what I don't know certainly not next valentines :P

So here it is. . . . . .

Happy Valentines Day,
Happy Easter,
Happy Father's Day,
Happy Mother's Day,
Happy Secretaries Day,
Happy Boss's Day,
Happy Spring Day,
Happy Christmas,
Happy whatever we think we can rip you off with today day.

Yes I have an issue with all these commercially created days and the sickly sweet artificial sentiment behind them. Yes some of these days originally had genuine meaning to many people and in some cases still do but to the majority they are just another way to have your pockets picked legally.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying I'm not a romantic, hell I can probably be the most romantic soul out there when I put my mind to it and when I feel it's right. What I take offense to with valentines and any number of the other commercially viable holidays is the fact that they're trying to dictate when and where and how I say what I want to say as well as the majority of people seem to having lost sight of the fact that you should be sharing your feelings and telling people you care about them on a daily basis. Instead we hid behind commercialism.

We as a people seem to have lost the ability to think independently and remember whats important to us unless we can by a card to say it, a chocolate to prove it and that in my book is just plain wrong. Now I know it's not easy for a lot of people to express their feelings and if you're anything like me when you eventually do they generally end up coming out all wrong and being misunderstood. Heck, I'll even admit to having bought the occasional card and even recently the occasional "message" chocolate to say something that I'm having trouble saying myself but one thing I've never done and refuse to start now is to let the commercial powers that be dictate when I can say what I want to say.

So to those of you in my life I like, happy I like you day, to those of you in my life who are special, happy you're special to me day, to those of you I love, thank you for being who you are and have a great I love you day, to those of you I've missed out happy thanks for being part of my life day and to those of you reading this and shaking your heads at the nutcase well happy yes there are nutcases in the world day. Oh and in case you don't know what date these days are, they're all today and every single day of the year.

Now go out there, laugh, live, learn and tell those you love before it's to late