Happy Valentine's Day

We have no obligations towards life.
Our only obligation is happiness.
Didn't you know that we are all born to me happy?

This was on an envelope that was given to me with a note by a very precious 1st grader. I did not make a error in the typing....that is exactly how it is written. The envelope also had the following poem on it by Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Today is devoted to the praise of love. Let us not forget that God gave us His perfect love in giving us His Son. (John 3:16) God is Love (1 John 4:16), so let our hearts be filled with love, so by His power, we may witness the transforming power of love. Also, look at 1 Corinthians 13:13.

Here in Korea today is about 'chocolate'. Yes, chocolate. This basically consists of three days:

Valentine's Day, February 14: females are to give males chocolate

White Day, March 14: males are to give females chocolate

Black Day, April 14: if chocolate wasn't received you are to wear black and eat tchajangmyon, noodles in dark (bean) sauce. Really my friends said; singles get together and drown their sorrows of another year alone.

For the record, I actually got chocolate today, so my class informed me that I didn't have to celebrate Black Day. Like I would have anyways. I may be single in the world's eyes, but in God's eyes I am spoken for!!!!