What is the definition of Love?
According to Brené Brown, researcher of vulnerability and author of The Gifts of Imperfection and I Thought It Was Just Me, who conducted 10 years worth of interviews, she came up with this definition:
Love: We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honour the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.
Love is not something that we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.
Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.
~ p. 26, The Gifts of Imperfection
Reconnect Valentine’s Day to the Core Ideas of Love and Human Connection
Sasha Dichter of the Acumen Fund is rebooting Valentines Day and calling it Generosity Day. In other words, Random Acts of Kindness Day. In our busy lives, Valentine’s Day can be a wonderful day just to focus on love. Loving each other, ourselves and performing random acts of kindness for strangers.
As for children, why not celebrate love with them? Make heart shaped cookies together. Put a Hershey’s kiss in their lunch bag with a little note. Decorate the dinner table with construction paper hearts with messages written on them. Light some candles for the table and have each person go around and say something they love or feel thankful for about each person.
Have a Love-ly Day!
Warmly,
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