Where we get dangerously close to trademarking Valentines Day

Do you know why there is a seemingly endless supply of hearts, everywhere? Yes, partly because it’s profitable. But aside from that, it’s symbolic. You can’t have too many hearts, because humans cannot have too many people to love. There’s always room for one more. This is why we would ask that everyone try to add one person to love to their “heart database” every day (yes, we just coined a phrase, mark it down).

We meet people all the time, and usually it’s ephemeral, a waitress, a delivery guy, the cable repair person, but what if we tried to use that brief moment to feel a little love for them? What if we put the world on pause and focused on that person as a person we are connected to? Six degrees of Kevin Bacon aside, we ARE all connected. What if we took a moment to memorize their face, maybe get their name, gently pluck them up and tuck them into our hearts?

Yes, it sounds like we’re harking back to hippy times, but they weren’t wrong about that. We’d still like to buy the world a Coke.

We heart you, Dear Reader. We wish we could heart you in person.

Have a great Valentine’s Day with your loved ones. You are officially in our heart database.