Valentine's Day 2014 before and beyond. Saint Valentine's Day, contains traces of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. Pope Gelasius declared February 14, St. Valentine’s Day around 498 A.D. Do you believe
it was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted.
Romantic love and the tradition of courtly love flourished.
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A traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards or valentines.
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In Great Britain, Valentines Day began to gain popularity around the seventeenth century. By the middle of the eighteenth century, it was common for friends and lovers in all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes. This tradition was soon adopted by settlers in the American colonies. Eventually, printed cards replaced written letters and improvements in printing technology as well as cheaper postage rates allowed the Valentine’s Day tradition to amplify its popularity in society.
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Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the middle ages. The oldest known written valentine, still in existence today, was a poem written by the Duke of Orleans to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. The greeting, which was written in 1415, is part of the manuscript collection at the British Library in London.
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Is she not passing fair
is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was completed on 28 October 1886, but not published until 1908, by Boosey & Co. It is described as a Lay, written by Charles, Duke of Orléans. 1391-1466, translated from the French by Louisa Stuart Costello.
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IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR?
Is she not passing fair,
She whom I love so well?
On earth, in sea, or air,
Where may her equal dwell?
Oh! tell me, ye who dare
To brave her beauty's spell,
Is she not passing fair,
She whom I love so well?
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Whether she speak or sing,
Be jocund or serene,
Alike in ev'rything,
Is she not beauty's queen?
Then let the world declare,
Let all who see her tell,
That she is passing fair,
She whom I love so well!
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In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began to sell the first mass-produced valentines in America. Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. 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.
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Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. In addition to the United States, Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.
Love Quotes
Love Quote:
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
~Helen Keller
Snapdragon
"Mischief is your middle name, but your first is friend. You are quite the prankster that loves to make other people laugh."
I Love this. Jen says I am a blue Goddess, giver of love,devotion and harmony. Thanks Jen!
© What's your Inner Goddess Color?? © Jen
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Welcome to a2000greetings, &
 Happy Valentines Day
Hearts of Valentines
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Isn't this beautiful. Special Thanks to Renee her web site is Morningside
Here is a poem I wrote.
And The Time Of our Lives
These Are The Time Of our Lives
For You and I
Why do I feel what I feel when I cry while you cry
When I feel far away and yet so close
The sound of your voice
It can make me fly and can make me sigh
You are such an emotional person it comes through me So strong
How do you do it
And you think that I'm stronger I know
We need one another You and I
Lets go see a sunset or walk in the woods
or on the beach
Look up to the stars or the moon in the sky
Whether we are together or apart
A bond has grown
It's you and And The Time Of Our Lives
Copyright )2004Susan J Flory
Managing Relationships
Nobody can deny managing relationships is not easy, you are faced with numerous challenges especially when you enter in one when you are not prepared, in fact matters normally get worse and it becomes less easy to handle the relationship. Don't worry you are not the only one affected, I have also faced the same challenge and am telling you it has not been easy. Make sure you do enter in a relationship unprepared, there are reasons to back that up, in fact if you had broken up with your ex, think and think carefully if you are making a wise idea getting back together. Getting in a relationship because of the looks is the easiest way you can get in one, but its good that you consider the pros and the cons of you being in the relationship rather than how the person looks. Am not telling you to break your relationship because in the first place you were attracted to him/her because of the looks what I mean is that you should be able to look beyond the physical appearance. It is known that beauty fades with time, if you are in a relationship with the person of your dreams since that person looks the way you have always desired, what will happen after sometime if the person ends up being disfigured. You might have been lonely for a long time, just like Adam the first man on earth you are not destined to be lonely the rest of your life, so it is not good to enter in a relationship because you want to do away with the loneliness, in fact it would be better to wait till the right person comes to your life.
Loneliness can really cloud your judgment when you are selecting the person to stay with; in fact it will make you to jump into a relationship with the next person that comes in your way costing you a lot in the near future. Before getting back with your ex you need to confirm the following details, first you have to be sure that you will be comfortable talking with him anything that you think affects you, you also need to look beyond your feelings and see if you can be able to stay with him/her even when you do not feel in love with him/her. Am sure you are now in a better position to decide if you should have your ex back. If you find it to be the right thing to do, go ahead and take a step by applying the already designed methods in which you can be able to do it. Glow in the dark golf balls can improve your golf swing.
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Thank You So Much Fair Lady of Rohan
LOL Valentine Video
Romantic Article
Romantic Love
by Paul Faulkner
There is nothing quite like the sparkle romance puts in our lives! But you know, married partners are happiest when they’re best friends. Quite often two people discover—to their horror—that they just don’t love each other anymore. Or at least they say they dont.
Their romantic relationship has stagnated. And they dont seem to be best friends anymore, so they retreat into a self-centered routine that creates boredom. I call it "navel-gazing." What had great potential for a friendship dissolves into a stalemate.
And when you have a rewarding friendship, what do you do? You spend time and show patience in an effort to preserve it, to keep it, to grow it. Romantic love really springs from this permanent commitment (or vow) two people make to each other.
Let us make the rest of the day work a little better. Let us build our romantic love on our commitment to be best friends!
His mouth is altogether sweet; he is lovely in every way. Such, O women of Jerusalem, is my lover, my friend." (Song of Solomon 5:16 NLT)
Special Thanks To: Paul Faulkner Heartlight For the permission to add this romantic article.
I Love Hearts Hearts (The Valentines Day Video)
Hearts (The Valentines Day Video) from Moist Creation on Vimeo.
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With Love
You were placed in my arms
on a cold winters dawn,
And at that moment,
our love was born
Outside it snowed that early morn
inside our love kept us warm.
As we approach the date that
you were born,
I will re live that frosty morn
and know that our love
still keeps me warm.
Love Is...
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It
does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in
wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes
all things, endures all things.
Love never ends.
of Corinthians
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