Six-Word Love Notes
The students in my university class on love summarized their thoughts on love in six words. It’s an exercise I asked of them, and their responses are intriguing.
Of course, reducing an entire semester of study on love to six words is very difficult! We looked at love from theological, scientific, philosophical, and romantic perspectives. We read articles from saints, scientists, poets, philosophers, and religious scholars.
Here, however, is short list of some of the six-word love notes they offered to conclude the course. I thank Teagan Cameron for jotting these down…
love is different yet the same
love is different yet the same
love is a many splendored thing
love was, love is, love can.
love is forever, forever, forever, forever
no words ever do love justice
the perplexities of love are vast
love makes it all worthwhile
love is active deliberate and powerful
i still haven’t found any answers
everyone deserves love all the time
love promotes life around the world
think it, live it, be it
let go of frustration, just love
love has depth and vast importance
love cannot fit into one definition
love offers help for all people
love is onion, full of layers
love: more complicated than I thought
love it the strength in life
get off your butt and love
love is the essence of life
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“Love is almost never an emotion.”
Note: The Anti-spam question concerning the numebr of donuts found in a “dozen” does not differentiate between a “Baker’s Dozen” and a “Typical Dozen”.
My favorite: “Love is active, deliberate, and powerful”
My thoughts are: Love is us reflecting God’s holiness.
I am so happy that through a class on Love I was able to discover that love does indeed exist and that there is always a way to progress.