February

 

— Love —

 

 

February 1st

Show Love.

Give from your heart.

Mourn with those who suffer.

Joy with those who try and triumph.

Care more.

 

February 2nd

Love is more intentional goodwill than blissful appeal.

 

February 3rd

Forcefulness is not love. Forget trying to force people into submission and instead try informing and educating as a means of gaining voluntary compliance. Never deny individual agency; it only creates resentment, defensiveness, and resistance. Education, on the other hand, creates wisdom that opens ears and hearts and minds. No one responds as favorably to demands as they do to informed requests.

 

February 4th

To be recognized, understood, valued, and loved: these are the riches every human heart longs to acquire.

 

February 5th

It may look crazy to you, but if you had traveled another’s road in their shoes, you would see and understand the underlying sanity in their actions. This is why we should love more and judge less.

 

February 6th

Individuals can hold differing beliefs and still be friends. They can keep opposing opinions and still love each other dearly. Believe me, my family and I do not share all the same views or beliefs, yet I love them more than life.

February 7th

Love is that soft, pleasing creature that contentedly purrs as it burrows deep into the heart to make a warm and permanent home.

 

February 8th

My job is to love you, pray for you, support and encourage you. Your job is to solve your own problems and choose your own happiness.

 

February 9th

Honesty amounts to cruelty if it is not delivered with loving kindness. Keep this in mind the next time you are “just being honest.”

 

February 10th

Our feelings need validation. When we dare to share our true feelings, what we seek is validation and support. Not criticism. Not correction. Not solutions. What we need is to be heard, understood, and validated. Remember this when someone speaks openly with you. Validation is a profound form of love.

 

February 11th

Death may hide you from my sight for a time, and even steal you from my arms, but it cannot remove you from my heart. Never ever from my heart. Love has engraved your image there.

 

February 12th

God loves you. He has not abandoned you. Pray, repent, study the scriptures, keep the commandments, and have faith that answers will come in God’s timing. They will. He loves you.

 

February 13th

It may take a lifetime to understand what it means to love unreservedly. It may take a lifetime to learn the basic truths God wants us to know. Don’t fret it. That is the purpose of life.

 

February 14th

I want you to know how profusely I love you, yet my unskilled tongue struggles to form phrases adequate enough to convey how I feel. To simply say “I love you” seems ever so trite and lacking, while “I need you” reeks of sordid desperation.

But if my actions toward you were translated into parallel utterances, my every gesture would sing a poetic love song, my deeds would orate sure declarations of affection, and my kindness would articulate bold sincerity capable of convincing your tender heart that my love is both true and absolute.

So please, darling, hear me when I hold your hand and when I help you stand and when I shine a warm smile upon your eyes. Hear how my conduct cries “I love you!”

March 

Copyright 2024 Richelle E. Goodrich