Touchpoints of Love

What is the means of communicating love? Practically speaking, what are the various ways we can communicate love? What does loving another person looks like? How does one know whether his or her efforts to communicate love are actually having an impact on the one they direct their love to? Tough questions, huh.

I believe God put within man the capacity to feel love, & equally important, the capacity to communicate love to others. And I believe there are 2 sides of love: giving & receiving. Giving love is the action side; receiving is the feeling side. The problem is, giving love can often be frustrating because we are not always sure that our actions are interpreted as love. That is because people all have different primary touchpoints of love. These touchpoints are like different languages - love languages. You may call it emotional languages.

We say, "I love you" in one language, while emotionally they say & receive it in another. As a result, our efforts to demonstrate love are frustrated. To avoid that frustration, we must first learn the basic languages of love & then learn the primary love languages of others.

According to Dr Gary Chapman's book, "The Five Love Languages", there are 5 ways of expressing love that correspond with the 5 touchpoints of love. I will discuss that over the next few entries. So stay tuned!

Believe in Signs

For him who does not believe in signs, there is no way to live in the world.

- Russian Proverb