Fifth Law of Love: Increase In marriage or relationships the tendency has been toward reduced affection after a few years of being together. Before marriage, couples exchange gifts, remember each other’s anniversaries, and go out of their ways to satisfy each other’s needs. That should not end in marriage. The more years you spend together, the more your love should grow. Now that you know more about your partner, you should discover better ways of pleasing him or her. You should now understand what makes him or her happy. You can therefore do more than before. Here is a challenge: Are you still giving the same gifts and attention you used to give to your partner before marriage? Have you improved the way you take care of those close to you? Or are you stagnant or failing to articulate love the way you used to? If the answer to any of these questions is "Yes," then you’ve slackened. Love multiplies. Today, choose to give more, to care more, to do more! Love not only is life, but it can also lengthen it. I cannot overemphasize the fact that love is the single most powerful force that lengthens life. The heart is its reservoir and deeds are its reward. When love is injured the heart bleeds. This may lead to psychological and biological complications. Often the cure lies in a little bit of love. People who are loved or who love often escape so many illnesses. Love cures low self-esteem, inferiority complex, stress-related disorders, loneliness, worry, and much more. When someone is low or sick, next time try to induce the love dose. It will work. Here is a litmus test: Is anyone you know sick? Visit him and care. Love cares for sick people. Sometimes love does not say words, but only cares with its presence. Pay him a visit and say nothing. Your presence may bring him healing. All that most of them need is a caring presence. You can change a life; you can love your way to life. |