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Resources to help you craft a life of love right where you are
Overview of the Crafting a Life of Love Journey
1. Cultivating Love
Through connection & reflection, we can design opportunities to experience love or be more aware of its presence in our life.
Read the introduction post for this section
2. Designing Our Lives for Impact
When we design our lives for impact, we are not only asking ourselves how our choices will affect us; we are also considering how they will affect other people.
Read the introduction post for this section
3. Learning from Each Other How to Love
Let us take this approach for relationship building: to live in this world as learners, to listen to the stories of the people around us, and to enter into relationships with deeper empathy and openness to being transformed by love.
Reflection Questions For the Beginning of Your Journey
Pull out a piece of paper and write down your responses to the following questions to help you create a vision for your journey of crafting a life of love.
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1. How connected do I feel to the people in my life right now?
2. Is there anything getting in the way of my ability to give and receive love right now? If so, how can I reduce its influence in my life?
3. Am I making time in the evening to reflect on the ways in which I experienced love in my day?
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4. What are my unique dreams for impact? What cause is most dear to my heart?
5. Does my calendar reflect my desire to engage with this cause?
6. What is one small action I can take today to bless another person?
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7. Who is teaching me the most about love right now?
8. Which relationships am I struggling to show up for with empathy and grace?
9. Who is one person I can reach out to this week and extend grace to?
Check out the library for posts to encourage you on your journey!
Crafting a Week of Love Planner
I created a planner to help us make time for meaningful moments in the midst of our busy schedules. It includes:
A printable 1-page weekly planner to help you prioritize these four activities each day: discover joy, cultivate love, impact, and learn (in the context of your relationships)
A page to record Moments of Love from your week
A list of 36 action ideas to inspire you to take simple steps to move closer to love in the midst of a busy week
How can I help?
How are you feeling as you embark on your journey of crafting a life of love? Are there resources that would be helpful for you? Please let me know below.