Happy Valentine's Day

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Valentine's Day is not just for romantic sweethearts!

Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world. 
Just as the body needs food to grow, the soul needs love to unfold. 
Love is more nourishing than breast milk is for a baby. 
Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. 
Where love exists, there cannot be conflict of any kind; peace alone will reign.

~ Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi), addressing religious and spiritual leaders at the United Nations in New York City, August, 2000

About the photo: 
Aside from cropping the photo to better show the apple, neither the photo nor the apple have been altered or retouched in any way.
The photo was taken a few weeks ago, on a day presenting many challenges. I had said inside "I know everything is ok; I just need a reminder". A few minutes later, I walked into the kitchen and saw the apple. 

Photo by Kelly Manjula Koza; freely downloadable on Flickr via a Creative Commons By-SA 3.0 License

You have a choice

Eleanor Roosevelt understood that every one of us every day has choices to make about the kind of person we are and what we wish to become. You can decide to be someone who brings people together, or you can fall prey to those who wish to divide us. You can be someone who educates yourself, or you can believe that being negative is clever and being cynical is fashionable. You have a choice.
~ Hillary Clinton