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Love as a language

Recently, I read a book called 'The Art of Loving' by Eric Fromm, a psychologist, and the book basically outlined what humans need in order to love, and to be loved. He highlights a crucial point: while we may think that we all need to dress up and change our appearances to be loved, we are actually focusing on the wrong side of loving. Instead of showing to others why they should love us, we should love others to show that there are reasons to love them. You see, Fromm describes love as not about how beloved someone is, but rather how loving someone could be. Which brings me to love languages. As most people know, love languages are actions, or behaviours, showing others that you love them. You could show these 'languages' to your lover, your friends, your families, and even just showing others that you respect them. There are five commonly identified love languages: physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, and receiving gifts. These languag