Principles and Skills 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 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 your needs are, within the limits of my value system, I will not run away. I will be there for you.