You re taking responsibility for your own actions and you re paving the road of hope for a new future. Everyone agrees that love holds a central place in our search for meaning. But somehow we ve ended up focusing more on receiving love than on giving it. In a relationship, someone s got to take the initiative. To put love to work as the most powerful weapon for good, you ve got to stop thinking of love as an emotion.
Love is an attitude followed by appropriate behavior.
Then love is expressed in actions. And the good news is that, because it s not an emotion, love can be chosen and learned. Reality Living, Reality Loving When you throw out the four myths and get real, love has a chance to flourish. Your attitudes and actions can stimulate positive emotions and even actions in your spouse. So, I am looking at the calendar here, and I get reminded that soon I will have been married to my wonderful husband for 7 years.