Sunday, November 13, 2005

How people express themselves

Rachel and I were out the other night having quality girl time, and she mentioned an interesting idea (well, she mentioned A LOT of interesting ideas, but there's one I am blogging on now). She recently read a book about how people express their love. The point is that if you know how other people express their feelings, and the other people in your life know how you express your feelings, that you will all know what you are saying to eachother, and everyone will feel loved.

Rachel says: so here are the five love languages:
1. words of affirmation
2. quality time
3. receiving gifts
4. acts of service
5. physical touch

The book she read is specifically about couples and marriage, but to me this seems relevant to getting along with your parents, friends, boss, and neighbors. And it's not necessarily about how you express your "love" but how you express your respect to the people in your life and maybe even the spiritual.

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