Is It Too Late?

 

I have had a couple of days to digest the weekend mini-retreat “Languages of Love.”  I had such an amazing group of people that gathered to learn how to better show love in a way that made the other person feel most loved.

 The youngest in the group was 16 years old and the range went up to about 65.  I was blown away by the understanding and openness that the under 25 group had.  They seemed to get the fact that learning the way that others understand love will be a huge gift in their future relationships. 

But one person in particular surprised me.  This man is in a relationship that is on the brink of divorce, and it was very important to the relationship that he learned to give love to his wife in a way that made HER feel loved. I was faced with great opposition from this person.  If it didn’t feel like love to him, then he could not understand how it could feel like love to someone else.  I tried to explain that filling someone’s love tank had to do with loving HER in the way that feels like love to her.  One of the greatest gifts we can give to another person is to do something for them just because we want to see that other person feel loved. 

After everyone left that afternoon, I had to wonder is it just too late for them? 

Love is a choice, changing your mindset is a choice.  Being able to see past your own wants and needs is a choice.  The answer is NO!  It is never too late. 

 But then again too late is also a choice, and that is up to him to decide.   

I can only hope that something touched his heart and opened a crack to start letting love in and out. 

Love is bigger than fear.

Love Languages

What is your Love Language?  I just finished an amazing book on The Five Love Languages by: Gary Chapman.  I highly suggest you all run, not walk, to the near book store and pick up a copy.

The book is about understanding how we communicate love, or what our love language is, and that other’s love languages may require something different than the way WE show love.  It is about learning to communication in a state of love that your partner, children, friends and family will understand.

www.fivelovelanguages.com  Check it out!