The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.
~J. Krishnamurti~
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A Funny Valentine Love StoryHe loved her so very much. He wanted this Valentine's day to be special. So he had ordered a bottle of her favorite drink, imported from France, and it had arrived in time for the occasion. On his way home, he stopped at the local florist. He had planned to have a bouquet made with her favorite flowers, white anemones. To his dismay, he found that the florist had sold all her flowers and had only a few sterns of feathery ferns left for decoration.
In a moment of inspiration, he had the answer. He asked the florist to make a bouquet using the flask of liquor instead of flowers and what she produced was magnificent well beyond his expectations.
He added a card, and proceeded home. When he arrived, his wife was beautiful in her most elegant gown, and it was apparent that she had spent much of the day preparing a romantic candlelight dinner for the two of them.
He presented her with his gift, and she opened the card to read, "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder."
With a tear in her eye, she whispered to him lovingly, "Yes, and with fronds like these, who needs anemones."
Author unknown
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All you need is love.
John Lennon
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Some Thoughts on Valentine's Day I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Don't waste your time on someone, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around. Valentine's love in the eye
Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
Love at first sight
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Love is in the eye of the beholder
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A Prayer........for Women.............................Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him; and Patience for his moods;
Because Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to death.
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One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.
Romain Rolland
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When a woman on the staff of the school where I worked became engaged, a friend and colleague offered her some advice.
'The first ten years are the hardest.'
'How long have you been married?' she asked.
'Ten years', he replied.
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Valentine's Day TriviaSome of these Valentine's Day Statistics are funny, many are interesting, and all are informative in their own way.
Only the USA, Canada, Mexico, France, Australia and the UK, celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th - It may also be celebrated in other countries, for example China on the 7th day of the 7th month of their lunar calendar.
Teachers will receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts. Children ages 6 to 10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine's cards with teachers, classmates, and family members.
Approximately 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged on February 14th each year - the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas .
According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. [An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas].
Hallmark has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Trivia about Flowers and Chocolates Roses 110 million roses, the majority color red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.
The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. Red stands for strong feelings
California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine's Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America.
15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.
73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentine's Day.
While 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women all year long, during the days and minutes before Valentine's Day,
75% of the chocolate purchases are made by men.
Over $1billion USD worth of chocolate is purchased for Valentine's Day.
One-third of all Valentine cards are accompanied by gifts.
An estimated 25% of Valentine's Day cards are humorous.
70% of those celebrating the holiday give a card, followed by
a telephone call [49%], gift [48%], special dinner [37%], candy [33%] restaurant meal [30%], and flowers [19%].
The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets. (Probably chocolate.)
The most fantastic gift of love is the Taj Mahal in India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to his wife.
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Good morning everyboomie.
Happy Valentine's Day to all.
I hope you got enough of the Valentine's quotes, jokes, stories, sayings, and trivia.
ENOUGH!!! 
I don't have a valentine, so it's all rather boring to me.
I guess Missy is my Valentine. She is a little sweetheart. I'm not giving her chocolates though.
My sister did call though, and wants to take me to breakfast. I never pass up a free meal........even from her.
She's my sister.
Have a happy day everyone.
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It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks! 
Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready. 
