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Awakening to Love,
designed for people like you who are ready to have the relationship--the love--of their heart's desire.
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Valentine's Day: Give a Gift From the Heart
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For Valentine's Day:
Why not say "I love you" a little differently this year!
Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching. It's
best not to wait till the last minute to think about what
to
do for your lover/spouse/significant other/sweetheart.
Otherwise, you will end up doing the same old
thing. And there's nothing wrong a with the
standard: dinner, flowers, card and chocolates.
But why not go the extra mile and make your
loved one feel extra special and adored? What if you
approached this as if this were the last Valentine's
Day
you would have together? What would you do then?
You would probably want to give something
unique, thoughtful, or creative rather than the old
standbys. You might choose to do the usual and
do
something extra special, too.
Following are some ideas. These are
simple and cost very little, but they say say so much
because they require some time, thought and
creativity.
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"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting
to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is
everything"
~Anonymous
"Love is love's reward."
~John Dryden
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SURPRISE DATE: Give your lover
a card
and state that you’ve planned a surprise date,
something they will know nothing about except
how to dress. You plan everything and do all the
work.
Feeling like really making a statement:
commit to planning a surprise date once a month for
the entire year!
Try to make the dates
something unique that you and your lover haven’t
experienced before or at least something very
special.
Ideas: an elaborate
picnic in a special location; an overnight trip to a town
you haven’t been to before; the opera; his/her favorite
performer in concert; a dinner picnic at night on a
secluded beach; a couple’s workshop. The ideas are
endless. A wonderful idea is to give each other this
gift and take turns; one month you plan everything and
the next month your partner does. You can even
blindfold your partner while driving them to the
destination!
LOVE NOTES: Buy a pretty box
and put it
by your lover’s bedside. Give them a card that tells
them your gift to them will be 365 love notes, one for
each day of the coming year. Look for the packages of
assorted scraps of beautiful paper in the scrapbook
section of your local craft store or go to a scrapbook
specialty store. These so called "scraps" come in
various sizes and are the perfect size for love notes.
Also pick up some colored gel pens.
Then
each night for the entire year, put a love note in the
box. Your partner will “check the mail” each
night in anticipation. What a treat to read your sweet,
loving, sexy, creative love note on different kind of
paper each night.
I personally did this one
last year and I have to say it became a wonderful ritual
at bedtime! He even began writing them to be and
placing them on my pillow!
LOVE LETTER: Nothing quite
says "I love you" like a romantic love letter. Buy some
beautiful stationery and write a long, expressive love
letter to your lover. You might put your scent on the
paper. Women, also kiss with your favorite color
lipstick. Mail it so that your lover receives it in the
mail.
FLOWERS: Give the gift of one
beautiful flower for your lover every day for 365 days. If
this seems like too big of a big commitment, try doing
it for just do it for one month. Or perhaps on the 14th
of each month this year, bring your lover a
bouquet.
HOMEMADE CARD: Make a
homemade
Valentine. Buy pretty paper, find some gold hearts,
ribbon or lace. Use gel pens, paints or colored
pencil. Use your imagination and have fun!
SERENADE: Make a tape singing
a love
song to your lover. You can find a local studio that will
record it for you and even provide you with the music.
OR just sing a cappella and do it at home.
POETRY: Compose a poem for
your lover
on beautiful paper. You can even write it in
calligraphy. (Or, you can cheat and use stencils or
pens that give the look of calligraphy.)
Another idea is
to use your computer and print it out with fancy type.
You can even frame it. If you’re not much of a writer,
try using a famous poet’s love poem.
Some
poets of
famous love poetry include, Edna St. Vincent Millay,
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Browning, John Dunne,
Kahlil Gibran, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Pablo
Neruda.
TOUCH: Give the gift of touch by
giving
your partner a two-hour massage. Set the room with a
scented candle and meditative, relaxing music. Use
sensuous oil and make sure you get every single spot
of your lover: from the earlobes to between the toes.
BUBBLE BATH: Take a long,
sensuous
bubble bath with your lover. Be sure to set the
ambience: light a candle or two (or twenty ) and have
some romantic music playing, put some lavender,
jasmine or any favorite essential oil. in the bath.
You
might decide to forgo the bubbles and put in rose
petals instead. Once in, serve your lover: Wash your
lover’s hair and entire body and,well, use your
imagination!
MAKE A LIST: List all of the
things that
you love about your lover. Literally write down all that
you appreciate, even the little things. This is a
wonderful way to not only remind yourself but also to
show your appreciation for all the ways your lover
gives to you every day.
So why not use your imagination and be
creative this year. Do something you've never done
before.
When you do something that requires your time,
thoughtfulness and creativity, you convey how special
your partner is to you.
The gifts that people
remember most are those given from the heart.
These gifts aren’t necessarily the most expensive
ones, but the ones that require the most
investment of the giver's entire self.
Gifts that
require thought, creativity and planning, gifts that last
or continue all year long, and things that are made or
composed by you all speak a lot more deeply to your
lover’s heart than dinner and a box of chocolates.
And remember, the most important thing is to be
romantic and have fun! Here’s to you having the best
Valentine’s Day ever!
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Pamela Ramey-Tatum, M.A.,CTACC
Relationship Coach,
Workshop Facilitator
© 2006 by Pamela Ramey-Tatum
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Awakening to Love is published every other
Wednesday by Pamela Ramey-Tatum, Relationship
Coach, at Empowering Love, Inc.
~empowering men and women to manifest the
relationhip of their heart's desire.
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