This Valentine's Day, Honor the Love Within

February 14, 2025

Valentine’s Day is often celebrated as a day of love, filled with grand gestures, heartfelt words, and moments shared between partners. But beyond the chocolates, flowers, and romance, there is a deeper love that deserves to be honored—the love you cultivate within yourself.

The most important relationship you will ever have is the one you have with yourself. It is the foundation upon which all other relationships are built. When you nurture self-love, when you speak to yourself with kindness, and when you honor your needs, you create a life that reflects that love in everything you do.

But self-love isn’t always easy. Many of us have walked through seasons of doubt, self-criticism, and feeling as though we are not enough. We’ve believed that love must come from outside of us to be real, that we must earn it, prove ourselves worthy of it, or wait for someone else to offer it first. But love, real love, starts within.

You are not broken. You were never broken. The struggles you’ve faced, the challenges that have tested you, were not signs of your unworthiness—they were simply part of your unfolding. Your path may have felt unclear, but that was never a reflection of your value. You have always been whole. You have always been enough.

This Valentine’s Day, as the world celebrates love, I invite you to turn inward. To see yourself with the same tenderness you would offer a dear friend. To speak to yourself with the same compassion you wish to hear from another. To recognize that your worth is not defined by how much you are loved by others, but by how deeply you choose to love yourself.

Loving yourself is not selfish; it is the most transformative thing you can do. When you cultivate self-love, you show up in the world more fully, more authentically, and with a heart open to both giving and receiving love in its purest form.

So today, and every day, remember this: You are not broken. Your path was simply unclear. And now, you are unfolding with strength and grace.

May this be the season where you come home to yourself. Where you choose love—deep, unwavering, unconditional love—for the person who has been with you through it all: you.

Happy Valentine’s Day to the most important love of your life—yourself.