We have lost enchantment. Gone are the days of chivalry. Gone is the era of sacred mystery. Gone is the age of wonder. 

That’s why you should celebrate Valentine’s Day. 

Think of it as a chance to learn from the faith of St. Valentine. Moreover, it’s a moment to enjoy a culturally-sanctioned time to remind your boyfriend or girlfriend what he or she means to you. It’s an opportunity to reclaim the glory of the everyday by sacralizing an otherwise ordinary day. 

Buy roses. Get someone chocolate. Ask out your crush from class. Valentine’s Day shouldn’t be commercial and sappy, though — it’s an opportunity to intentionally slow down your world and appreciate the goods of marriage, family, and the opposite sex. It’s not about pink hearts: It’s about recalling that even the most seemingly quotidian loves are never truly mundane. 

Whether one admits it or not, everyone’s a romantic at heart. So take tomorrow to remind yourself that the world remains enchanted, because love has and always will animate it. 

The haters are wrong — life may be a vale of tears, but it’s still a bed of roses. Valentine’s Day is a chance to enjoy them.