The Five Love Languages Singles Edition

Love is not itself an emotion but rather an attitude with appropriate behavior. Love is the attitude that says, "I choose to look out for your interest. How may I help you?" Then love responds with meaningful, positive behavior.

3. listen for feelings.

2. Don't engage in other activities while you are listening to another individual. Remember,

Guidelines for Becoming a Sympathetic Listener

I always thought I was helping people by offering my advice freely. Now I understand that advice is seen as an effort to control unless it is desired by the other person.

The purpose of love is to enhance the well-being of another, not to satisfy your own desires. Therefore, learning to speak another person's primary love language is the most effective way of loving others.

The word encourage means "to inspire courage."

Physician Albert Schweitzer said, "We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness."'

6. Ask reflective questions.