{"id":513,"date":"2015-02-14T02:33:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T02:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissasimonson.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2015-08-06T02:49:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T02:49:12","slug":"happy-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melissasimonson.com\/index.php\/happy-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valentine’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who needs just one Valentine when you can have 7.125 Billion?<\/p>\n

As I’ve gone about my day, witnessing the little love moments exchanged between people of all shapes, colors, ages and sizes, I’ve recognized myself, loving me all over the place.<\/p>\n

And I’ve been operating in my life these past days out of a new, daily commitment, asking myself the question: what would a person who loves herself do? And I ask this with every conscious decision I make. Do I want chai or a green juice? (What would a person who loves herself do?) Turns out, my body wanted both. And dessert, and a bouquet of flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And it’s interesting, in operating from this new listening for myself, I’m being gifted. A medium chai for the price of a small. Just because. A dollar off on my bouquet of flowers and an extra carnation thrown in there. Just because.<\/p>\n

Because when I love me, I love 7.125 billion people, and one by one, you each love me back. Just like that.<\/p>\n

Happy Valentine’s Day. I love you.<\/p>\n

\u00a92015 Melissa Simonson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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