My personal simplified definition of Love is: Love as a choose and a gift we give others freely without expectation in return.

But here below is a better understanding of exactly what I believe and practice when allowed to remain conscious and not swallowed up in an overload of life's stress and mine and too many others expectations of me.

It was shared with me during past retreats, I easily understand every word of it, bc this too is what love means to me.

Principles of Loving:

More Than Anything Else, We want to Love and be Loved.

Love is a Gift.

Love is Not Time Bound.

Love is Good Will in Action.

Love is a Response to Need.


Skills of Loving:

Seeing: I do not look over or through you. I see you in your uniqueness.

Hearing: I listen to what you are saying.

Honoring of Feelings and Ideas: I recognize your right to feel and think as you do.

Having Good Will. I will you good and not evil.

Responding to Need: If you let me know what you needs are, withing the limits of my value system, I will not run away. I wll be there for you.