Love
Love is a word that can be interpreted in different ways base on how you understand, believe and see it.
But one general definition of love is having a strong feeling or attachment for someone or something.
It can also be seen as a way of making ones happiness and well-being your own priorities.
Love can also be an emotional bond between two or more people, and by having such bond, it brings so much joy, comfort and support to someone.
For love, people do all sort of things, such as showing kindness, support and understanding. They go out their way to make their loved ones happy and cared for.
Love inspired people to be their best selves and to make meaningful gesture to show their affection. It's all about making each other feel special and cherished.
Love can be characterized in different aspects which are: Sacrifice, commitment, loyalty, patience, kindness and many more.
There are many ways or things one may decide to prove love and there are alot of things one can do for love
Biblically, we are shown how Christ professed his love to mankind, and saw how he sent his only begotten son to come and die for us, he had no other child, he had no other son, but he gave the only one he has to come and die for our sins. This is what God has done for love and it is seen as the greatest way of showing love.
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When you love someone, you must learn to sacrifice just as our father did, love without sacrifice is not love.
So to me, another way of defining love is sacrifice, cause you cannot live without giving.
Sacrifice is a natural part of love that has to do with prioritizing the needs of others,
It has to do with giving up things that are important to us to the person we love.
Sacrifice is very challenging but it brings fulfillment to our lives.
Sacrifices brings comfort, and it builds relationships
When someone sacrifice, it demonstrate ones commitment and love towards others, by making sacrifices, we show that we value our loved one's happiness and well-being above our own desires
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Another important way one can prove love is by giving and showing kindness, doing these proves that one really cares and shows concern for others. Act of kindness to someone you love can be shown in different aspects such as offering words of encouragement, being there for your loved one, putting smiles on their faces, assisting in different task and many more and by doing these, it strengthens relationships/bonds between people,
Kindness may sound or look simple to people but I must say it's very powerful, cause it fills a blank space in the heart.
Listening actively to our loved ones, understanding their need and showing appreciation through words and actions can strengthen the bond of love.
Practicing patience, kindness, and being supportive in both good and challenging times can also help us become better in giving out love,
It's all about present, care and thoughtful towards those we love.What is love without kindness or patience?
It's obviously nothing
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Love improves personal growth in the sense that it makes one to embrace different challenges that comes in and it helped one to learn and grow radically.
Love on the other hand also bring self improvement, it helps one to work on his or her flaws, weaknesses and habits to become better partners, friends, parents, and many more.
Love help us to change to be a better partner, friend or parents.
So by embracing personal growth we become more supportive, understanding and loving partners, parents and friends
Love forgives... Forgiveness is one of the most important aspect of love, cause it helps one to let go of grudges and negative emotions and it helps one understands others perspective and flaws, it releases the burden of pain, resentment and anger in the lives of people
Love is a beautiful thing🤭
To me, I feel there is nothing one cannot do when love is involved, sometimes we see it as foolishness after doing somethings for the people we love and we start having low self esteem, but it is what it is, you cannot cheat love,
When you love, you do what you can, it's when you love that you noticed you can do all things for the person you love...
Generally, love is nothing without sacrifice, patience, commitment and kindness.
