Hello Everyone ♥️

First of all, I would like to wish everyone - Happy Valentine's Day. Although it was just yesterday on 14 th February, But for me there is no specific day for celebration of love. We can celebrate every day as a day of love.

I believe that wherever love is discussed, people will come forward. I really feel so blessed right now,because you all have supported me so much by participating in this contest.I never thought so many of you would participate in this contest.I was completely puzzled while selecting winners because every user, wrote incredibly beautifully.
I would like to thank all the participants so much for participating in this contest so beautifully and sharing their opinions with all of us.I pray that all of your lives will be filled with love.

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I really didn't know so many definitions of love, but today by organizing this contest, I found many more definitions of love.But what I've come to understand is that even if we don't all agree on some things, at least when it comes to love, we can all agree on what kind of feeling love is.So our opinions are quite similar only on this word.That's why it's said that love brings everyone closer, and love is also needed to build a unified mindset among everyone.

Now I will share all the details of the participants one by one and finally announce the winners. Everything is mentioned below.

Hashtags	#ishcontest-feb2 , #myvalentine
Total number of entries	23
Number of valid entries	19
Number of invalid entries	4

Club Status	Number of posts
Club5050	15
Club100	4
Club75	0
No club	4

According to the contest rules, I had to choose three winners. But I really thought you all wrote very beautifully and While reading all of your writings, I realized how much emotion you all put into each line.

Position	User ID	Link of the post	Prize amount
1st Position	@alexanderpeace	Link	7 Steem
2nd Position	@eveetim	Link	5 Steem
3rd Position	@edu-chemist	Link	3 Steem
4th Position	@suryati1	Link	2 Steem

I had planned to select three winners for the contest like other contests, but during the selection process, I liked a writing of a participant so much that I couldn't leave ,So I keep the fourth position in the list of winners.

The contest prize pool was 15 Steem,but now we have 4th position in winner's list,So I set the PRIZE POOL - 17 Steem.

Winner's details & the reason behind selection

1st Position

• Author - @alexanderpeace

• Country - Nigeria

• Club Status - Club5050

to me love is simply giving, sacrifice, putting others first. Love is compassion and empathy. Love is sacrifice, love is going out of your way to see that others are comfortable. Love is loving, love is forgiving, love is understanding, love is affection, love is over looking and love is reciprocal................My understanding of love and sacrifice and putting others first has made me go out of my way to really love others. Even though most of them abuse my love and treat me badly, it didn’t make me turn my back on loving. I still show love unconditionally when am able and so I believe I would meet that special one very soon who would reciprocate love as it should be.

I was thinking about myself while reading the above lines, because I also like to think like her.I don't think that because I love someone, they have to love me back, or because I give someone a gift , they have to give me a gift .I don't bring these things to mind. I love because I like to love.love is not kind of business.Love is falling in love despite all odds.That's why love teaches us to sacrifice, love teaches us to forgive.I think that after everything, we should do our duty. And our duty is to love everyone. To have love for everyone without any hatred.God teaches us that.

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2nd Position

• Author - @eveetim

• Country - Nigeria

• Club Status - Club5050

There's no one or place that doesn't understand the word "love." Even a baby does. That's why love for me is one of the most powerful words that matters in human existence.........make sacrifices to people we love.It reminds us of how important people we love are to us.It is a time to celebrate and appreciate love and the people we love.It is a time to find a time to give to those we love.It is also a time when we give in to love. A time to reconsider the power of love and give it a chance.

I really liked her lines where she said how powerful the word love is. Even a child really understands love. She wrote very beautifully about the true meaning of Valentine's Day in our life. She was able to accurately convey the importance of Valentine's Day to us.

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3rd Position

• Author - @edu-chemist

• Country - Nigeria

• Club Status - Club100

A nature where the love of humanity is going down and everyone are just self centered, Valentine's Day signals a light at the middle of obscure darkness. This is true as sometimes even the most cruel individuals creates time to ponder about love on this day......I don't think that two wrongs could make a right as such, fight bringing solutions to problems is never or near impossible. Rather love which covers plenty nonsense, sins and incompetencies should be the panacea to problems because when there's love, conflicts, malice and misunderstanding would be put away.

He presented the importance of Valentines Day to us beautifully. Now the society is really self-centered. Maybe this day is more important now to teach that society.Love teaches us to think about others beyond our own priorities. It teaches us to help others before our own priorities and to love them unconditionally.Along with this, I love the way he presented the story of Saint Valentine to us and explained its significance.

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4th Position

• Author - @suryati1

• Country - Indonesia

• Club Status - Club100

If we think logically, solving problems should be done with love, but in my opinion, it also depends on the situation. There are things that must be solved with love and there are also things that must be solved with arguments before the problem can be solved.
Maybe you think I'm crazy, right? Because I solve problems by fighting, I have explained some in my previous posts that I often solve other people's problems who need my help.
In dealing with others there are many characters, some can be resolved with ordinary advice, some must be firm and speak loudly, depending on the person we are facing in front of us. Hopefully more problems can be resolved with love than quarrels or violence.

In response to my second question, she presented her opinion quite well and logically to us.Of course, we should act based on the situation. Whether we solve the problem with love or ruin it all by making trouble, that depends on the situation.But think about it, when resolving a problem, at least one of the two parties should try to resolve the problem with love.When love doesn't work, we follow the path of fighting. And that's where eternal separation happens.

I was really surprised by the way she presented all her answers to us, keeping the emotional and logical aspects separate in her post..it was really great job.

Prize distribution

Conclusion

Many congratulations to the winners.I hope you all enjoyed participating in this contest.Thank you all again for your support and for participating by writing your opinions so beautifully.We all celebrated this year's Valentine's Week through this contest. It was a truly beautiful journey.♥️

@isha.ish (Moderator)
Incredible India