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02/14/01 07:46 PM: Today was the best day
Today was the best day ever. You wouldn’t think Valentine’s Day would be anything special for an unattached person such as myself. Indeed, you might even think it would only serve as a reminder of my. . . my unattachedness. But it was the best damn day I’ve had in a long time. I went out last night and bought Scooby Doo and Winnie the Pooh Valentine cards. I started making them out to my friends. Then I realized that I had about 60 cards. Valentine’s Day only comes once a year, so there was really no sense in buying 60 cards and then giving only five of them away. I started making some out to my not-so-close friends. Acquaintances, if you will. I still had about half of them left. I started making them out to all of my teachers, and then I made some out to my former teachers. I probably did somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 altogether. Then today I had the extreme pleasure of giving them out to everyone. I didn’t really know quite what to expect. But any reservations that I had were completely unfounded. I did not encounter a single person all day that didn’t crack a smile when I handed them a valentine. Think about it. A little folded-up rectangle of paper can make someone’s eyes light up like Las Vegas. Is that not the most amazing thing in the world? Talk about power. . . . And there’s nothing to make you smile like seeing someone else smile because of something you did. I don’t know, maybe that’s just me. A true smile is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It was great to give a valentine to someone that wasn’t expecting it at all and then see their reaction. That was even better than giving one to a close friend that was waiting for it. I wish every day could be like this. Then again, I guess you don’t need a special occasion to be nice to people. I’m going to try to keep the spirit of the day alive. How about you?
