SHOW Love.

**Warning: This is going to be an explosion of words just so that I can get this thought down. Maybe some fine tuning will come in later? Probably not though**

 Love is a demonstration. A sacrifice. Something to be treasured. A gift. Love is an action. So often though, we fail miserably to show love. It's SO easy to tell people we love them. Our parents, our friends. In college, that phrase is used quite often with friends... "Bye! Love you!" or "Goodnight, love you, talk to you tomorrow!" or "I'm here if you need anything, remember I love you!" SO easy to say. But how often do we ACT on that word? Do we SHOW people we love them?

 This is something I am challenging myself with this week. To SHOW love to people. To do something that I might not normally in order to show these people that I love them. It doesn't take much, it doesn't have to cost money, just show them love.

 Here's my story from today. I was sitting in the commons "studying" for chemistry (aka: reading but not really absorbing anything) when a girl from my polo team came up and slouched down on the couch next to me. No offense to her, but she looked horrible. I knew she had been sick the week prior, and asked her how she was doing. She explained to me that she had just gotten back from the doctor who had absolutely NO answers to why she was still sick, and had given her her 6th and 7th prescriptions for whatever she was fighting. She told me that she had to go drive to CVS to get her prescriptions filled, and I suggested that I would take her. Heck, nobody who is on that much medicine who looks like they could fall over at any second should be operating a car. Heck no techno! I drove her to CVS, went over to McDonalds to get some ice cream and study until her prescriptions were ready. It took a grand total of maybe an hour and a half. I was able to talk with her and take care of her for a little bit, and SHOW her that I loved her.

 If you have never read the 5 Love Languages, or taken the quiz online, I highly suggest it. Everybody feels loved in a different way. Therefore, people have to be shown love in a different way too. Take the time to learn how the people closest to you feel loved, them go out of your way to SHOW that love to them. You never know, it may make their day, and I wouldn't doubt that it may make yours too. Try it! SHOW those close to you that you love them, don't just tell them, SHOW IT!