Feb 14 :Take time to love & be happy

Note: This may be a bit late but hey, it's a message we can all take heed anytime of the year.

February 14 is the day that some couples embrace, some singles loathe and some may thoroughly enjoy it by celebrating love with their family and friends. Before you get all smoochy or dreadful, there is a rather important ingredient to remember before showering your love to someone else first.

Although showing your love to others is essential, it is also necessary to remember to love yourself. Someone once said that "You cannot experience true love until you learn to first love yourself." It's pure logic. When you do not love yourself, how do you expect to be happy? Happiness does not start from the other half, it starts from you yourself. When one is happy and confident on oneself, he or she will experience complete love as the underlying foundation is already filled with love, surety and self-respect. The other half will be there to reinforce what already exist - not fill it up from scratch for you.

So, whether you're attached or single, take some time off to indulge yourself in... yourself! Do things that make you happy once in awhile - it could be doing an activity that you thoroughly enjoy, making someone laugh or just doing something nice for someone else (maybe it's time for that dinner date you promised your parents some months back). Kicking in the happy hormone will make you feel good about yourself which translates to happier people around you.

Whether you're a man or woman who is attached or single, make February 14 a day that you look forward to and not dread :)