The language of love

Do you know how to love yourself? If you don't love yourself...how can you love others? 

Understanding your relationship with others can sometimes be difficult. Knowing what someone is thinking is almost impossible without the person telling you how they feel or what they are thinking. To understand another is to listen to them. The art of listening is a lot more difficult than the art of speaking. To truly listen to someone is to not form a response or opinion until that person is completely finished speaking.  Give it a try, it's harder than you think. 

Many people in relationships are engaged for a multitude of reasons. Those reasons consist of love, hate, friendship, work, business, and so much more. Most people are not honest with themselves about who they are and what they really want in life.  This is why so many relationships become troubled. How can someone understand you if you don't understand you or you hide who you truly are? Another reason is that people change. Yes people like you and I always change. And if your partner, friend, or coworker change and you don't  change with them or like what they stand for, the relationship becomes difficult. 

All relationships can be healed and managed to be better and even stronger than ever when people become honest and open up to each other. Understanding another's love and needs is a great beginning. There is a great book that can really help you understand others and your relationship with them. It's called "The 5 love languages" written by Gray Chapman.