Four Simple But Important Ways to Express Love

Love is the most important thing in this world.  It is something that cannot be fully explained nor fully measured.  Love is universal.  No matter what culture, love is love.  Love gives us joy in our lives.  When we love someone, there is a certain distinctive joy that we feel in our hearts.  When we love, we also goes beyond our emotions and do things because this person or this cause gives meaning to our lives.   Love is such a big word, but can be expressed in the simplest of actions.  Here are four principles of love that will guide you in your daily living. 

• L – lend an ear
• O – overcome pride 
• V – verbal affirmation
• E – extra effort

 Lending an ear or listening shows deep concern for another person.  It means that you are putting his interest before your own.  How often do we just sit down with someone and listen to their problems?  Often we think, “Hey, I’ve got problems too…and bigger ones.”  Just be generous of your time and your patience.  We will then discover that lending an ear is one of the most important things you can do for other people.

Overcoming pride is a tough challenge.  Pride means that we give in to someone’s point of view over our own, specially when we know later on that they are right.  Overcoming pride is acknowledging our mistakes, even if the price is embarrassment or shame.  How many relationships or marriages have we seen break up because one thinks that the other one should say sorry first?  If we want to maintain friendships and romantic relationships, we have to set aside our pride and focus on what really is vital, love.

Verbal affirmation is almost an uncommon thing these days.  We often see the “blame game” being played over and over again, it’s almost an addiction.  Verbal abuse is done not only between husband and wife, children are also the prime victims, also our peers who hear a nasty rumor or insult.  It’s time we say something upbuilding to someone, and make it a habit.  What’s better is that if we do this, your character and reputation improves and encourages an environment of trust and appreciation.

Extra effort in serving others puts the icing on the cake.  We do give service to our friends by doing them favors from time to time or treat our special someone to dinner.  But what makes things exciting is that “extra effort.”  These are manifested through preparing wonderful surprises, making a poem, cooking a meal yourself for that special date, and many more unexpected stuff that you can come up with.

So, there you go.  Four tips on expressing love to others.  Do these four things and you will notice that you will have a richer, more meaningful life.