❤️‍🔥 Weekend Blessing

This Valentine’s weekend, I’m thinking about love in all its forms.

Not just romantic love.

Not just the curated kind.

Not just the “we posted a photo so it must be perfect” kind.

I’m thinking about the quiet love.

The love of a mother who keeps showing up.

The love of a friend who texts, “Did you eat?”

The love of a team member who stays late to protect quality.

The love of a leader who chooses integrity over ego.

The love of a child who still believes in you.

Love is not performance.

Love is not urgency.

Love is not possession.

Love is steady.

Love is intentional.

Love is care expressed in action.

And sometimes, Valentine’s Day can feel heavy.

If you are partnered, may your love be rooted in choice, not fear.

If you are waiting, may your heart stay open without abandoning yourself.

If you are grieving, may memory feel warm, not sharp.

If you are alone, may you remember you are not unloved.

You are worthy of love that is clear.

You are worthy of love that is safe.

You are worthy of love that does not require you to shrink.

As leaders, and as humans, we model love more than we talk about it.

We model it when we:

🐉 Hold boundaries with kindness

🐉 Translate complexity into clarity

🐉 Choose courage over comfort

🐉 Protect the vulnerable in our systems

🐉 Deliver value without sacrificing dignity

Love is not soft.

Love is strong.

It is the dragon fire that warms, not burns.

It is the scale-cloak that protects, not hides.

This weekend, may you:

Pause.

Breathe.

Reach out to someone.

Reach inward to yourself.

And choose love, consciously.

Not because the calendar says so.

But because you do.

💚

Happy Valentine’s Day, in all the ways that matter.