Americans celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14 . It is a day for love and hearts can be seen everywhere ! So , naturally , I had my heart set on producing a completely new program about heart expressions . I really wanted to do it ! I found every single “heart ” expression that I could . I wrote about how heart-to-heart describes two people talking in private about something important and somewhat sensitive . I explained that cold-hearted is a good word to describe a person who doesn't seem to have feelings for others . The story was really long , but I was pleased with it . Later in the office , I poured my heart out to a coworker . I gushed and gushed about how hard I had worked on the story . I was wearing my heart on my sleeve . I told her exactly how I felt . I was heart-broken ! All that time researching the subject and writing was wasted . After my story was rejected , I just didn't have the heart to stay in the office . I walked the city streets with a heavy heart . I felt tired and sad . I knew that I had to find another subject and fast . The publication date was nearing . But I had no enthusiasm . I had lost heart . I didn't feel like writing ... anything . After hours of walking around , friends saw me , seemingly lost in the city . Concerned about me , my friends bought me dinner in a lovely restaurant . After hearing what happened , they offered many ideas about what I could write for Valentine's Day . “What about the word 'love ,' ” they asked . “It's been done ,” I answered . “What about different types of relationships ?" “Been done ,” I said . They tried to think of something else that would be a good subject for Valentine's Day . But nothing sounded good . Look , I know that their hearts were in the right place . They are my friends and wanted to help . But I still felt alone . I didn't have the heart to tell them that they couldn't help me . This was something I had to fix on my own . But then late in the dinner , something happened . We ordered a tasty chocolate dessert . One of my friends said that she had had a fabulous dessert recently at another restaurant . She thought it was interesting that the two desserts were made with the exact same ingredients but tasted completely different . Suddenly , I had a change of heart . I decided to look at my situation in a new way . And that's what I did . I also learned something . If you have your heart set on doing something and then find out that someone has done it before , don't lose heart ! Simply follow your heart . Just do what you want and do it your own way !