Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
- Aristotle
I was thinking, what my blog would be this weekend, when someone posted this rather nostalgic video so I thought I would share:
Apparently the custom of choosing a sweetheart on the 14th February spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, and then to the early American colonies. Throughout the ages, people also believed that birds picked their mates on February 14!
The ancient Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia, a spring festival, on the 15th of February, held in honor of a goddess. Young men randomly chose the name of a young girl to escort to the festivities. With the introduction of Christianity, the holiday moved to the 14th of February. The Christians had come to celebrate February 14 as the saint day that celebrated the several early Christian martyrs named Valentine.
Whatever the history……St Valentines to the contemporary world is a time to celebrate love, an inspiration to find love, or simply to appreciate love. This is another video that I would like to share, it is the most beautiful Rumi poem I have every heard…I hope you like it!!
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Have a wonderful weekend.
Alison
(some information sources from inventors.com)
