Valentine's Day!

 Valentine's Day was a cute movie that showed several types of romantic relationships.  Like, the main stars, Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Garner realizing they really loved their best friends, each other.  And, the parallel stories of a young couple and the older couple who both discover hurtful secrets in each of their relationships and then come to the realization that love means accepting the bad with the good.  I like that lesson.  Let's us all off the hook!  It is a good concept for us to use with ourselves, too.  We tend to "accumulate" guilt about mistakes we make, bad decisions, wrong roads taken, etc. and we feel worse and worse as we realize more and more that we have screwed up.  It is not good for us to beat up on ourselves and as hard as it is, we need to accept the bad with the good and love ourselves, and everyone else, anyway.  I feel better already!   There is really no other way to get over the things you cannot change that pull you down, but, to accept that we make mistakes and we just have to learn our lessons and move on.  Each day is a new day.   Try drawing a picture to represent your mistakes, negative thoughts, or whatever holds you back, then erase it, white it out, or throw it away and imagine you are starting fresh.  Have positive thoughts and outlook, smile and embrace the joy of the day!  Be Happy!