I buy most of my books in electronic form now, through Amazon Kindle. Takes less space, easier to search and organize. And you don’t necessarily have to buy a physical kindle. Kindle software is available on PC and mobile, and there’s also a cloud reader where you can access your books on the web at https://read.amazon.com/ .
This book talks about 5 different ways that people show love and receive love, and how it’s important to give the types that your lover enjoys most.
Gifts: Some people like being given things of value most. Can be valuable things like jewelry or handmade things.
Quality time: Some people like time together with the other person. I like this one, and preferably one where we can interact, i.e. not at a movie or a play where you have to be quiet.
Words of Affirmation: Saying things like “I love you”, “You’re beautiful”, “I love you because..”, “Nobody on earth loves me like you do”, etc.
Service: Some people like to be served… like washing dishes, chores around the house, taking care of the kids, cleaning the gutters, vacuuming, etc.
Physical touch: Some people like to be touched as an expression of love.
Our CEO asked managers to read this book. Gives managerial advice from Jack Welch, previous CEO of General Electric. I think the main thing I remember from the book is what Welch said was the most important interview question to ask: “Why did you leave your previous company?”
Love Walked Among Us: Learning To Love Like Jesus by Paul Miller
This book really moved me. It examines HOW Jesus loved in the Bible. Some quotes I like:
“Loving means losing control of our schedule, our money, and our time. When we love we cease to be the master and become a servant. “
“We instinctively know that love leads to commitment, so we look away when we see a beggar. We might have to pay if we look too closely and care too deeply. “
“In other words, how can we even think of using our eyes—which are meant to fill our hearts with love—for degrading people into sex objects? “
“In my study of Jesus, I’ve learned that love is not efficient.”
Particularly the last one moved me because I try most of my life to be efficient. Like you know how most microwaves have a plastic rotating piece then a heavy glass plate? I take the glass plate out, and food microwaves faster, because energy does not get absorbed by the heavy glass plate in making it warm/hot. Rather, the energy goes into heating the food.
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