It’s a natural reality of teenage life: drinking happens at parties. Although you’re underage, and you’ve heard the lectures about drinking alcohol as a teenager, you know you won’t survive your teen years without showing up to at least one party.
Not everyone loves like you do, which is why The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman is so popular and informative. Use these short descriptions to help you better grasp your own language of love, as well as the languages of those you love. By understanding yourself and others better, you can develop a truer and stronger relationship.
It’s disheartening when we don’t feel loved by others, but through those relationships we can learn more about how to express love than through the relationships that naturally express love.
You’ve had a hard week and you can’t wait to share with someone close to you all about the ups and downs you experienced. You love talking to your close guy friend, but he doesn’t always understand you. Your best friend always wants to provide encouragement, which is nice, but right now you just need someone to listen. You could talk to your dog, but you do desire some sort of input. Really, you just want to talk to your mom. After all, she is your closest friend and she knows you more than anyone else.
The climb up the mountain wasn’t any more difficult than we imagined, but the altitude sickness was horrific. The summer before my daughter’s senior year of high school, she decided to join a school group on a wilderness adventure trip. Always one for a good time, I agreed to go along as a chaperone–after all how hard could it be?
The majority of people in our society are concerned mainly with themselves. Our society is so busy, we hardly have any time to think about anything beyond ourselves. Our phones dictate our life rather than the people we love.
It happens every year. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving, students everywhere look forward to Spring Break. A week-long break from school in the middle of the spring is a little taste of freedom for students before summertime comes. According to television and movies, this time should be filled with wild adventures and partying. The reality of Spring Break, for most, is very different.
I was really looking forward to connecting with a dear friend over coffee. It had been months since we both had the time to connect. A lot had happened in my life and tons had occurred in her life and neither of us could wait to share. So, we met for coffee and rather than jumping into conversation, we just sat there in silence. Seriously, neither one of us said a thing for a long time.
Moments of weakness are inevitable. Whether physical, emotional or spiritual, weakness is simply part of being human. The question, then, is not whether we’ll experience these moments, but rather what we’ll do in times of weakness.
It’s hard to admit the goodness in another person when we’re used to putting everyone down. But we can encourage others by giving compliments.
