Legend of Valentine Legend on Saint Valentine states Valentine was an early Christian in Rome who was very popular amongst children. But during the time when Valentine lived, Roman regime was not in favor of Christianity and it even persecuted Christians to make Rome free of the followers of Christianity. In spite of this strict law, Valentine continued to practice his faith and refused to worship Roman Gods. This enraged Emperor Claudius II and he put Valentine into prison.

The Legend of Valentine (continued) Julia who was blind since birth visited Valentinus in prison. She brought notes and candies from other children. Valentinus read stories of Rome’s history to her. He described the world of nature to her. He taught her arithmetic and told her about God. She saw the world through is eyes, trusted in his wisdom, and found comfort in his quiet strength. “Valentinus, does God really hear our prayers? Julia asked one day.” “Yes, my child, He hears each one,” he replied. “Do you know what I pray for every morning and every night? I pray that I may see. I want so much to see everything you’ve told me about!” “God does what is best for us if we will only believe in Him,” Valentinus said.“Oh, Valentinus, I do believe,” Julia said intensely. “I do.”She knelt and grasped his hand. Then they prayed together.Suddenly there was a brilliant light in the prison cell. Radiant, Julia cried, “Valentinus I can see! I can see!”‘Praise be to God!” Valentinus exclaimed.On the eve of his death, Valentinus wrote a last note to Julia, urging her to stay close to God and he signed it “From your Valentine.”

Now You Can Choose To Be Somebody’s Valentine! Give gift of Sight Gift of Light

Love In Action Give the gift of sight so others can see the flowers Give the gift of sight so others can taste the sweetness of your kindness Flowers will fade, Sweet taste will diminish, but your kindness will spread the fragrance of your love and sweeten somebody’s life

Putting things in Perspective Box of Candy and flowers cost more than $60 As little as $60 You can bring Light into the dark world of blindness $ 1.97 per day less than a Starbucks coffee You can provide for 12 eye surgeries.

KK Eye Institute of Sadhu Vaswani Misssion Pune Sight for Sightless Program This Program focuses to eradicate blindness developed through cataract, in and around villages of four districts of Maharashtra, India AS OF JAN 8, 2007 IN LAST 3 YEARS: OPD PATIENTS TREATED = OVER 79,472 EYE SURGERIES PERFORMED = OVER 16,325

How can You Help? Light a candle in the darkness Make a tax deductible donation for eye cataract surgery($60 per eye surgery) Send this to your family and friends Say a prayer for these patients To learn more about it visit www. sadhuvaswani.org

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All around us is a ring of darkness. Let us keep on kindling little lights of kindness, compassion, love. Let us do the little we can to help make the world a better place to live in. The greatest mistake is his who does nothing because he can do only little. Dada J.P. Vaswani

Happy Valentines Day Wish You All Happy Valentine’s Day Feb 14 From Sadhu Vaswani Center Atlanta