"The Eskimo has 52 words for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love."
-Margaret Atwood
Love isn’t always fancy champagne and roses.
Often, it looks like care repeated in small, ordinary ways.
In this quote, Margaret Atwood reflects on how language reveals what we value.
While academics debate the exact number of words for snow in Inuit languages, the deeper truth remains: when something matters, we learn to speak of it with nuance and fluency.
In the language of flowers, the carnation symbolizes love and care in all their forms — romantic, familial, and platonic — as well as remembrance, devotion, and even quiet resistance.
Today, I’m practicing love by showing up where I care, with affection and consistency.
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