Love Defined Handout:

RESPONSIBILITY

My response to the needs, expressed or unexpressed of another person responsible means to be ready and able to respond.

RESPECT

The ability to see a person as he or she is and to be aware of her unique individuality. Respect is an assumption of good faith. Respect is to value oneself or others.

KNOWLEDGE

Knowing in love, does not stay on the surface but penetrates to the core. Knowledge is possible only when I can transcend the concern for myself and see the other person in her own terms.

CARE

Feel concern or interest; attending to someone or something.

COMMITMENT

The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.

TRUST

A relationship of reliance.

OPEN HONEST COMMUNICATION

Compassionately speaking your truth without withholding, attachment and/or judgment.