Love is the small, consistent, authentic things that show you care, appreciate and understand.
Culture is the same.
Your partner doesn’t love you because you got them flowers today.
It’s not because you remembered their birthday, too.
Or that you tolerate their terrible TV programme choices with a smile on your face.
It’s the cumulative collection of tiny, consistent, authentic things that show that you appreciate them, recognise them, see them, and care about them.
It’s the reassurance that you’ll be there when times are tougher and will be celebrating their successes.
It’s the secret language you share.
It’s how you make each other better together; amplifying each other’s strengths.
It’s that authentic relationship that can feel hard to explain or articulate – but you feel it.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
