![]() ![]() Are any of them grounded in self-centeredness? If so, how can you change your self-centeredness to other-centeredness? What are the reasons why you have the relationships in your life that you have? Look at each relationship, and see what your motives are that back that relationship. Here are some questions you can ask yourself to help uncover the answer and some tips to help you to grow (recognize we are all guilty of some of these things at one point in time or another): So, in a consumeristic culture, how do we become more genuinely loving? They give of themself merely to give of themself. People who genuinely love each other show it, express it, and cherish it, without expecting something in return. People who genuinely love others have the people that are in their life because they care about them and love them. Genuine love does not just have people in their life for self-promotion, or to better their self-esteem, or for their own self-interest or self-worth. Genuine love never points back to itself, but always points back to the one who is loved. It is tender, merciful, and encouraging, even in times when it offers constructive criticism. Genuine love is patient and understanding it approaches the other with love. People are present in your life because you care about them and their well-being. In genuine love, you care for the other for the sake of caring for them. Genuine love gives of its time, effort and energy for the sake of the other, not for the sake of the self. Genuine love forgets the self - and is fully present for the other, for the sake of the other. Genuine love is not a love that uses other people or just has people in their life - where they can make a profit from them. In a world full of consumerism, self-promotion, and aggrandizement, what does it mean to “genuinely love” someone? Recommendations for Reopening the Arts et al. 2022 Christmas & Holiday Extravaganza ACCESS PAGEĢ022 Christmas Play: An Instrumental Nativity!Ģ022 Christmas Play: An Instrumental Nativity ACCESS PASSĢ022 Summer & Fall Fine Arts Performers and TeachersĢ022 Spring Fine Arts Performers and Teachersįall and Christmas 2021 Fine Arts Performers and TeachersĢ021 Christmas Play: The Christmas AngelsĢ021 Christmas Play: The Three Angels Access Pass
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