Buddhini Karunathilaka

“Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever” -Audre Lorde- Some people fall in love at first sight. Moreover, remain happy for the rest of their lives. Some others fall in love at first sight, only to realize that it was infatuation and regret it later. However, love takes time to grow. Valentine's Day, in other words Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Roman Catholic feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and, through later folk traditions, has become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love in many regions of the world. Valentine’s Day is a holiday when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. The holiday has expanded to express affection between relatives and friends. The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there are various stories of who he was. The popular belief about St.

"Time decides who you meet in life, Your heart decides who you wants in your life, and your behavior determines who stays in your life" The decisions that you have made before, the decisions that you make today or the decisions that you make tomorrow will be the future that you are creating for yourself. You have control over your destiny. ‘The Fate’ and ‘the destiny’ are two different thing. Fate is what puts opportunities in front of us, but our destiny is ultimately determined by our decisions. To illustrate, if you go to an event and you meet the perfect person is your fate. However, what you do about it or the decision makes your destiny. Have you ever experienced fate putting an opportunity in front of you, but you didn't seize it and it passed you by? That was destiny. You should make deliberate actions to create your own destiny. Control your own destiny or someone else will. Your destiny is not something that you should sit aside and let happen to you. You hav