Love can take many different forms. For example the Greeks had so many words that it is hard to pinpoint how many there really are. For example here is 10 of them.
- Agápe: brotherly love, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God
- Éros: romantic or passionate love
- Ludus: playful love
- Mania: obsessive love
- Meraki: to do something with love, creativity, and devotion, when you wholeheartedly put yourself into what you are doing.
- Philautia: self-love, to love oneself or regard for one's own happiness or advantage
- Philia: affectionate regard, friendship, usually between equals
- Pragma: enduring love
- Storge: love, affection and especially of parents and children (Or I would add found family)
- Xenia: hospitality, "guest-friendship" or "ritualized friendship"
This is a great season to take a moment and think about all the places love shows up in your life as well as all the forms it shows up in. This is also a great time to think about how to focus Philautia, Xenia, and Meraki into your life.
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