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The 5 Love Languages--The Secret to Love That Lasts, By Gary Chapman
Keyword: love language, emotional need, love tank
We are all in search of long-lasting love. However, many come across not only ecstasy but also pain and frustration. Everything seems changed after marriage. Couples get married because they love each other and want to give the best to the other; but very often in marriage they only find emptiness, harsh words, or, sometimes even worse, violence. What happened? Why is love so evasive?
In the titled book, Dr. Chapman gave his answers to those questions and also solutions for the problems. He said based on his 40 years of counseling and research, the most important aspect in marriage is emotional need for love to be met. To achieve this goal, the couple needs to speak right love language to be an effective communicator of their love to their spouse. There are five love languages:
Words of Affirmation:verbal compliments expressed in simple, straightforward statements;
Quality Time: giving someone your undivided attention;
Receiving Gifts: gifts are visual symbols of love, it says loudly:”I am thinking of you.”
Acts of Service: doing thing you know your spouse will like you to do;
Physical Touch: any forms of body contact
Each individual has his/her own primary love language. When our mates make great efforts to learn and speak our love languages, we know that this love grows out of reason and choice, not instinct of the moment. And we feel secure that our mates accept us, want us and are committed to our well-being. With our emotional need met, our love tank full, we can reach out to accomplish our potential as individuals and as couples.
On the other hand, when we speak our own love language to our spouse whose is not necessarily same as ours, our expression of love is not understood and not received by our spouse. And vice versa. With our emotional need not met and our love tank empty, instead of resolving our differences by open communications, we tend to criticize, argue and withdraw, or even worse, to get verbally or physically violent. Behind all these misbehaviors, it is a soul with empty love tank crying for love. This does not limit for adults, it also applies to children. According to children’s psychologists, love and affection are most important amongst children’s emotional needs. Once these needs are satisfied, they will likely grow up to be happy and responsible adults; if not, they will be emotionally and socially challenged, and for the rest of their lives, they would search long and wide to satisfy their craving of love in the deepest of their heart. In many cases, they end up in seeking love in wrong places and in wrong ways.
Sounds interesting? Well, you can read the entire book to find out more in details and learn from the real cases Dr. Chapman had seen during his marriage counseling career. Also included is The 5 Love Languages Personal Profile test, try to learn more about your own and your spouse’s primary love languages and work together for a fulfilling marriage. More information available on web site: www.5lovelanguages.com