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How to Learn The Words Of Your Unique Love Language
Defining love in your own words means appreciating the nuances of your relationship, not succumbing to common tropes
Love cannot be explained.
It can only be experienced.
Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all
~ The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi
It’s Valentine’s Day weekend and love is in the air. Whether anticipating a romantic evening with a loved one or pining for an ideal mate, you cannot escape the messages flooding your social media feeds about the perfect date, the best gift or the most thoughtful way to woo your beloved.
As a pragmatist (not a cynic), I have always been a bit wary of the advertising industry that cleverly guides consumer tastes and sets benchmarks for behaviors and the values we associate with certain actions.
Planning to get engaged? Must buy a diamond ring.
Impressing people on Instagram? Splurge on a fabulous holiday location.
Keeping up with the Joneses? Bigger is definitely better.
This one size fits all approach to life, particularly for the part of your personal life that you want to share with the world, has always struck me as odd. What happened to originality? How about honoring…
