Heartless Feast, or The Dark Truth About Valentine's Day

And do not think that I will give you recipes for original gifts, with this, I think you yourself somehow sort it out. My troubles about the Day of all lovers are not so pleasant. Because of my doctor's experience, I know that this and the next few days will not be easy ...

In principle, holidays in terms of medicine and cardiology are good: after all, the healing effect of the positive emotions that they carry can not be replaced by any medicine. The main thing is not to overdo with alcoholic libations and gastronomic feasts, and then the holiday will absolutely benefit the body.

But on Valentine's Day everything is completely different . Because, giving birth to those people who were lucky enough to find their soul mate, a flurry of positive emotions, this holiday generously "gives" others a complex of inferiority, negativity, stress, mental disorders. It was on this day, seeing everywhere around him a sea of ​​love attributes - balls, flowers, hearts all sorts - single people are especially keenly aware of their loneliness, they feel their failure. As a result, such a strong stress adversely affects health, queues in pharmacies and the number of calls to the ambulance are increasing. And it's good that among the elderly the Valentine's Day, which came to us relatively recently, did not take root, but I think that the number of heart ailments because of this holiday would simply go off scale!

I will add to this that February, the last month of winter, is justifiably considered the most depressive in the year. And, according to the sad statistics, it is on him account for the greatest number of suicides. Guess which February day is the record for suicide? That's right, the 14th ...

"This holiday was invented by sellers of cards, so that people feel themselves twice as unhappy," the hero of Jim Carrey said in the film "Eternal Sunshine of Passion". I can not disagree with him.

In Iran and Saudi Arabia, authorities have banned Valentine's Day , and those who try to celebrate it are punished with fines. I will not urge you to follow the same path: I am not a supporter of such radical measures, and, after all, we do not have many holidays to scatter them. But I would like very much to translate the Day of all lovers into another plane! That it was not a "professional holiday" of the love couples held, but became a universal day of love. That he did not inspire people with disappointment and devastation, but gave them faith and hope.

Immodestly dare to rephrase here quote: "There are no lonely hearts, there are only hearts that have not yet met . " Therefore, those who are still lonely, I urge in no case to despair, not to envy kissing couples, not to think of a bad and filthy broom to drive from the head any bad thoughts. Smile - and how to know, maybe it's this smile someone immediately fall in love. And do not worry, if not "immediately": after all, love is worth it to wait!

And those who have already found their own happiness, I want to ask on Valentine's Day not to revel in only their beloved half, but be more sensitive to those people from their environment who are still lonely. And give them a little more attention than usual. After all, how can you know if you have presented a modest bouquet of flowers or by sending her a postcard to the inconspicuous "gray mouse" from the neighboring department, you will save her from depression or even worse.

Let's give each other love! Take care of your hearts from callousness - and be healthy.