Love actually...IS all around

Happy Valentine's Day! 

I know.  I know.  I'm not the biggest fan of this commercial holiday either.  It's a mean reminder to some, an obligation to some and just another day to some.  

What I've come to find is that love (and Valentine's Day) isn't just for two people in a relationship.  

Love is a family.  

Love is friends. 

Love is loving yourself for who you are.  

Love is finding something to love everyday.

Love is helping others.

Love is listening.

Love is being there.

And sometimes, 

Love is letting go and moving on.  

You know I love movies.  When I find one I love - I watch it until I can recite the lines.  Here are a few about different types of love...

Pita: You're smiling. 

Creasy: What?
Pita: You were smiling.
Creasy: No, I'm not.
Pita: You were.
Creasy: No, I was not.
Pita: You're not now, but you were.
Creasy: No, YOU were smiling, I wasn't smiling.
Pita: You were.
Creasy: When?
Pita: Like, five seconds ago.
Creasy: I'm not smiling.
Pita: Well, a second ago you were.
Creasy: No, you said five seconds ago, now that's six. Six seconds ago I was not smiling.
Pita: Okay, 10 seconds ago.
Creasy: 10 seconds ago, I was smiling. Okay, in the next 10 seconds let's see who smiles first.
[pause]
Creasy: You smiled already. See? You did.
Pita: Mmm.
[pointing at Creasy]
Creasy: No, that wasn't a smile - That was a smirk, that's not a smile. A smirk is different.  - Do your homework.
Pita: [Creasy walks away] You were.

-Man on Fire

Edward: Good afternoon. I don't know what most people say at these occasions because in all honesty, I've tried to avoid them. The simplest thing is I loved him and I miss him. Carter and I saw the world together, which is amazing when you think that only three months ago we were complete strangers. I hope that it doesn't sound selfish of me, but the last months of his life were the best months of mine. He saved my life, and he knew it before I did. I'm deeply proud that this man found it worth his while to know me. In the end, I think it's safe to say that we brought some joy to one another's lives, so one day, when I go to some final resting place, if I happen to wake up next to a certain wall with a gate, I hope that Carter's there to vouch for me and show me the ropes on the other side.

-The Bucket List

George: Do I still Love you? Absolutely. There is not a doubt in my mind. Through all my mind, my ego... I was always faithful in my Love for you. That I made you doubt it, that is the great mistake of a Life full of mistakes. The truth doesn't set us free, Robin. I can tell you I Love you as many times as you can stand to hear it and all that does, the only thing, is remind us... that Love is not enough. Not even close.

-Life As a House

Carol: What are you doing here?

Melvin:  I had to see you.

Carol:  Because?

Melvin:  It relaxes me.  I feel better sitting outside your apartment, on the curb than any other place I can think of or imagine.  

-As Good As it Gets

Billy:  I used to believe, I still do, that if you give something your all it doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you've risked everything, put everything out there. And I've done that. I did it my entire life. I did it with the game. But I never did it with you, I never gave you that. And I'm sorry. I know I'm on really thin ice but, when you said I didn't need you... well last night should've been the biggest night of my life, and it wasn't. It wasn't - because you weren't there. So I just wanted to tell you, not to change your mind or keep you from going, but just so you know, that I know, that I do need you.

-For the Love of the Game 

Lurlynn: You know he went up there?
Melanie: Who? Jake?
Lurlynn: I'm not supposed to know but Clinton let it slip once.
Melanie: When?
Lurlynn: About a year after you left. He told Clinton he'd never seen anything like it. He knew that it would take more than an apology to get you back. He'd have to conquer the world first. He's been trying ever since. 

-Sweet Home Alabama

Jenny: Were you scared in Vietnam?
Forrest: Yes. Well, I-I don't know. Sometimes it would stop raining long enough for the stars to come out... and then it was nice. It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou. There was always a million sparkles on the water... like that mountain lake. It was so clear, Jenny, it looked like there were two skies one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began. It's so beautiful.
Jenny: I wish I could've been there with you.
Forrest: You were. 

-Forrest Gump

Daniel: Tell her that you love her.
Sam: No way! Anyway, they fly tonight. 

Daniel: Even better! Sam, you've got nothin' to lose, and you'll always regret it if you don't! I never told your mom enough. I should have told her everyday because she was perfect everyday.

-Love Actually

Chris: Is that a kind of occupational hazard of soul mates? One's not much without the other?

-What Dreams May Come

Emily: Do you wanna play a game?

Ben: What game?

Emily: The "what if" game.

Ben: The "what if" game.

Emily: What if... my pager goes off... and it's a heart... and... it works? And my body doesn't reject it? And... what if i have time?

Ben: [Long pause] What if?? What if we have children? What if we got married?

-Seven Pounds

Tyler: Ghandi said: "Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it's very important that you do it". Because nobody else will. Like when someone comes into your life and half of you says you're nowhere near ready, but the other half says: make her yours forever... 

Make her yours forever, and I'm working on the forever part. 

-Remember Me

Dear Holly, I don't have much time. I don't mean literally, I mean you're out buying ice cream and you'll be home soon. But I have a feeling this is the last letter, because there is only one thing left to tell you. It isn't to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp, you can take care of yourself without any help from me. It's to tell you how much you move me, how you changed me. You made me a man, by loving me Holly. And for that, I am eternally grateful... literally. If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenever you're sad, or unsure, or you lose complete faith, that you'll try to see yourself through my eyes. Thank you for the honor of being my wife. I'm a man with no regrets. How lucky am I? You made my life, Holly. But I'm just one chapter in yours. There'll be more. I promise. So here it comes, the big one. Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Watch out for that signal, when life as you know it ends. 

P.S. I will always love you...

-P. S. I Love You