It is 364 days until Valentine’s Day 2012. What will you do until then to show your love toward your spouse, neighbors, and friends?
One of the biggest overlooked ways to express love is by working hard to make a contribution to society and earn an honest wage to provide for your family. We usually don’t think about diligent work as love, but take a closer look. Love is a choice to put others first, striving to meet the needs and goals of others. Isn’t that what working for a business is all about? You receive wages for your efforts. Perhaps you will receive promotions or other recognition. Sometimes the great greatest benefit is getting to keep a job (being employed is quite a benefit). You are benefiting from your labor. But you are helping the company make a positive impact on the community.
Also, you are “bringing home the bacon” for your family. Income from one or both adults goes into the family distribution of love: some money goes toward paying for the home, other resources for food, electricity, toys, vacations, and savings for the future (for days of trouble). All acts of love. Why else would you do it?
Flowers, cards, expressing words of love are all helpful in showing someone you love them. But so is paying your water bill, making your bed, and cooking dinner. Express your love today. Feel free to leave other comments and thoughts on how to share love the other 364 days a year.
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