Blogging The Friendship Factor. Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Love is something you do

1. Rule number four: Learn the gestures of love.

Show... small expressions of affection. These are gestures that bond people together. Little courtesies do count. The minuscule act of kindness has great powers.

2. The significance of rituals

Meals together, walks, working together, helping someone with a task, ‘favors done back and forth.;

3. The art of giving gifts

Thoughtfulness, discover people’s little preferences, exchanging gifts, a single rose.

4. When kindness becomes a habit.

Habit of looking for gestures that build kindliness, express appreciation. “It is insufficiently considered how much of human life passes in little incidents.” Samuel Johnson.