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Love
When we speak of Love Languages, receiving gifts is in many Human’s primary vocabulary. But it’s not in everyone’s. The trick, they say, to have great relationships in Your Life is to understand your love languages and communicate them to those you care about.
But the sword cuts both ways. One must also seek to understand the Love Languages of those same Humans.
At this time of year, Humanity focuses on just receiving gifts to express their inner feelings. Backed by an ad industry that lets you know just what kind of a loser you are if you don’t buy the biggest, brightest, shiniest something to prove your Love.
Deep down — we all know that’s bullshit.
I have written before about All. The. Kinds. of Love. If we stop obsessing about just the one kind, delivered in just the one way — we can make all of our lives better. Bigger. Brighter. Shinier.
Of all the Love I hold in my heart, the deepest — most transforming Love is the Love I share with my granddaughters. I have been blessed over and over again by their presence in My Life. And although we think we need to make a big deal out of Christmas for kids, the truth is much simpler. They need us all year long. They need us to understand their Love Languages. They need us to show them every single moment of…
