*I know this was a post already last year..but I loved it so much and made a few changes to re-post it again :) Enjoy."Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
Not much can really be altered to make this quote any more clear, or more profound to me, but I do want to expound a little bit on what it means to me.
Have you ever heard of different love languages? And how each and every person has a different love language that they recieve love? This may come to shock someone, but not everyone feels love in the same way. And not enough people know that. There are five languages-words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, and physical touch. Obviously each person has a little bit of some of these, if not all of these. But typcially one dominates over the rest, and THAT becomes YOUR love language, the way you feel and recieve love from other people. This quote happens to imply most of these. A touch-physical, a kind word or honest compliment-words of affirmation, act of caring-service, and a listening ear-quality time spent. Thats one of the main reasons I LOVE this quote because it hits most of the love languages, and I LOVE love languages. I personally feel like every single person, if recieves love in the way they need it, can be influenced more than anything else in this world. Just like this quote says, something a small as those little things mentioned, has the potential to change a life. Love- in whichever way, shape, or form it is performed, can change life. Love is a way of doing and being, not just a way of feeling. Its an action word. We all know this. The lowest person, the most difficult person, if shown love in the right way, can completely become a person of high spirits and the easiest person to be around. Someone hard heartened or hurt or angry, can become softened, healed, or at peace. I firmly believe that love is the strongest most powerful influencer in this world. It molds us-whether we have it or we dont-to who we will become and stay for the rest of our lives. Never underestimate the power of love-which comes in all shapes and forms. Never doubt whether someone needs or wants to recieve love. They do. Whether ever admitted to the conscious mind...they always do. Love, and be loved.
Not much can really be altered to make this quote any more clear, or more profound to me, but I do want to expound a little bit on what it means to me.
Have you ever heard of different love languages? And how each and every person has a different love language that they recieve love? This may come to shock someone, but not everyone feels love in the same way. And not enough people know that. There are five languages-words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, and physical touch. Obviously each person has a little bit of some of these, if not all of these. But typcially one dominates over the rest, and THAT becomes YOUR love language, the way you feel and recieve love from other people. This quote happens to imply most of these. A touch-physical, a kind word or honest compliment-words of affirmation, act of caring-service, and a listening ear-quality time spent. Thats one of the main reasons I LOVE this quote because it hits most of the love languages, and I LOVE love languages. I personally feel like every single person, if recieves love in the way they need it, can be influenced more than anything else in this world. Just like this quote says, something a small as those little things mentioned, has the potential to change a life. Love- in whichever way, shape, or form it is performed, can change life. Love is a way of doing and being, not just a way of feeling. Its an action word. We all know this. The lowest person, the most difficult person, if shown love in the right way, can completely become a person of high spirits and the easiest person to be around. Someone hard heartened or hurt or angry, can become softened, healed, or at peace. I firmly believe that love is the strongest most powerful influencer in this world. It molds us-whether we have it or we dont-to who we will become and stay for the rest of our lives. Never underestimate the power of love-which comes in all shapes and forms. Never doubt whether someone needs or wants to recieve love. They do. Whether ever admitted to the conscious mind...they always do. Love, and be loved.
I love this! And I too love the Love languages because I totally believe if more people learned about it and used it-it could help a lot! Especially in relationships but like you said, it can also influence people around us.
ReplyDeleteI couldnt agree more :)Thanks for sharing Mauri! You are wonderful!:)
ReplyDeleteSo what if there are the rare few where all 5 are dominant? I know how difficult it is for me
ReplyDeleteWell Josh...we all typically need all 5 of these love languages. They are all necessities in order to feel completely loved by others...there is just one that seems to have more of an effect than others, and sometimes its not ever visible to the person which one is dominant. But to other people, it is. All just a matter of perspective, and observing a persons behavior by how they react to each. Does that make sense?
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