Well, I am now back home in VA Beach. I had a great time in NJ/NYC with some really great friends. The production of Les Miz was incredible, if it is coming to a city near you, I would encourage you to check it out. I was also really excited because I was able to see the Trans-siberian orchestra while I was up north and they always put on an amazing show! Tonight the family and I, plus my uncle, went to Christmastown at Busch Gardens which was also really nice and another opportunity to see some great friends that I have working there. I don't have too much planned for my days off. I will be spending the 25-28th in NC with my Dad and fam, but other than that just hanging out at home. Still deciding what my plan is for New Years.
On a totally separate note, I am really excited for Christmas this year, which is rare for me. I'm not sure if it is just that I am excited that I will get to spend it with my family this year or what, but it is strange. I am enjoying seeing all the Christmas lights around town, and enjoying listening to all the songs, and hearing them play in the background at stores. It's nice, but strange.
Junto:
After having discussed them with a friend this week I have decided to write about the 5 love languages. I do not remember where I first learned about them, but I feel that they are something that everyone should be familiar with. They come from a book, written by author Gary Chapman, that I have yet to read, but plan to do so in the near future, (especially since the Kindle addition is cheap). If you have ever had someone in your life that claims they care about you and love you dearly, but you do not feel as if they do, it could be that you speak two different love languages. The love languages are the ways in which we receive and give love. They are: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Since there is a whole book and website dedicated to these topics I will not delve into what they each mean, but will refer you here. On this website, you can also take a quick assessment to discover your love languages. Anyone who knows me can probably guess my number one, but here are my results, and I would be intrigued if my friends would be willing to post their results as a comment to this blog post:
| 6 | Words of Affirmation |
| 9 | Quality Time |
| 1 | Receiving Gifts |
| 4 | Acts of Service |
| 10 | Physical Touch |
I am not surprised by your number one. :)
ReplyDeleteMy results:
5 Words of Affirmation
10 Quality Time
0 Receiving Gifts
9 Acts of Service
6 Physical Touch
I think the results are probably pretty close. I think that one problem with this is that I associate quality time with physical touch... so, those two are linked in my mind. I guess gifts don't mean that much to me. ;) It does make sense though. I prefer to give gifts over receiving gifts.
8 Words of Affirmation
ReplyDelete7 Quality Time
2 Receiving Gifts
7 Acts of Service
6 Physical Touch
Having studied the Love languages fairly heavily when I helped do relationship counseling- I have to say that it all comes down to definitions. For instance- so many people love gifts that are thoughtful- having to do with the amount of quality time put into the gift, etc.