The feelings you have for people are mostly for you, but the things you do to and for them show them how much you love them.
The feelings we have for our loved ones are not enough to show them how much we really love them, they are what we have in our minds which are not visible to them. It is when these feelings are translated to the things we say to and do for them that they are felt and appreciated.
Keenness, tenderness, fondness, appreciation, understanding, emotion, concern, sensitivity, warmth, empathy,etc have to be backed by actions to show our loved ones that we really have these feelings for them- asking genuinely after someone can be a way of showing concern, saying something nice is a way to appreciate someone for what they have done, speaking gentle and kind words to someone is way of showing your tenderness- the list goes on. These actions go a long way in making their recipients happy and feel loved.
It is easy (and also important) for one to want to have tangible or material things to give as gifts to someone special and to loved ones to show one's love but when these material things are not available ( and they may not always be available), the non- material things can always be shared and given freely in unlimited doses to almost everyone everyday.
It is Christmas season and we can all start loving or showing increased loving not only to our friends and family but to everyone that comes our way. It is important to know also that the recipients of our actions of love are not the only ones who feel happy, we the givers also are happy with ourselves. So I encourage everyone who reads this post to share happiness and love go round and wide this season and for the rest of our days.
Let us give hugs, smile a lot, laugh hard, say kind words liberally, kiss passionately forgive easily and enjoy the holidays and the rest of our lives to the fullest.
I shall pass this way but once, any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.