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Find Love Everywhere With Micro-Connections

The search for true love can, for some, be a never-ending quest. But what if someone told you that you’ve already found it — and it’s available all the time? With anyone you happen to encounter?

“Love is not a category of relationships. Nor is it something ‘out there’ that you can fall into, or — years later — out of,” explains Barbara Fredrickson, PhD, in her book  Love 2.0.  “Love blossoms virtually anytime two or more people — even strangers — connect over a shared positive emotion .”

Fredrickson, who teaches in the psychology department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, calls these moments of connection “positivity resonance.” This expansive, science-based approach to love offers us many chances to experience it in the course of a single day. While it’s not easy to set aside the Western idea that  true love  must be exclusive, lasting, and intimate, we have a lot to gain by letting it go.

That 90-second conversation you had with the stranger this morning while walking your dog? If there was eye contact, a sense of connection, and mutual respect — that’s love. Whenever we exchange smiles or friendly gestures with strangers , or take a little extra time to have warm exchanges with people we see every day, those “micro-moments of positivity” change us at the biological level.

Princeton University neuroscientist Uri Hasson, PhD, a pioneer in neural mirroring (also known as “brain coupling”), examined brain scans of subjects in conversation. What he found was surprising, Fredrickson writes.

“Far from being isolated to one or two brain areas, really clicking with someone else appears to be a whole brain dance in a fully mirrored room.” In good communication, she continues, “two individuals come to feel a single, shared emotion . . . distributed across their two brains.”

The vagus nerve is also involved in forging personal connections . It stimulates the facial muscles necessary for making eye contact and synchronizing our expressions with others; it even helps the tiny muscles in the inner ear better track another voice amid background noise. We appear to be programmed to harmonize with fellow humans.

Micro-moments of positivity resonance also improve our health, she notes. “People who experience more caring connections with others have fewer colds and lower blood pressure, and they less often succumb to heart disease and stroke, diabetes,  Alzheimer’s disease , and some cancers.”

Much of Fredrickson’s positivity research grew out of her study of loving-kindness meditation. (For more on this practice, listen to her guided meditations .) It involves focusing on feelings of love, compassion, and goodwill toward yourself and others. It “condition[s] your heart to be more open,” she writes.

And when our hearts are open, love happens. All day.

Try It at Home: Find Love

• Make it a habit to look at people’s faces — at the coffee shop, the dog park, the department store. You’ll be more available to exchange a smile or a few friendly words.
• Hold doors open for others when you get the chance.
• Search for micro-moments with your family. Sit on the porch for a few minutes before bed; get up a little earlier so you can have breakfast together; call your sweetheart at lunch. It all adds up .

This article originally appeared as part of “ Change Your Mindset ” in the December 2016 issue of  Experience Life.

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Love is Everywhere...

Favorite Quote: "So shines a good deed in a weary world."

You know how everyone says stuff like ‘Oh they are too young, they don’t know love’ or ‘You’re just a teen it won’t last long’? Maybe they think they are right or maybe they just never had a true love. I believe love comes when you’re not looking, it can come at any age. You can make love last or have it fade. Love can be near or far. Love is everywhere. Who is it that decides love? It’s up to you. Although it seems like everyone else has an input on your life. It’s not right. Why should they judge you on who you love or tell you you don’t really? You may see something in that person that others just don’t. What if they just are jealous because they haven’t found someone to love? That makes sense, since they don’t love they don’t want you to. Some people let what others say affect their love and they fade it away. Why? You should love who you want no matter what they say right? If only more people would listen to that... Teen love can be real. That isn’t always just a word thrown around, it can mean something. People all over the world marry their high school sweetheart. I always dreamed about being one of them. Most people claim to have loved as a teen but then turn around and say it’s not true. Or they don’t believe in it but then one day there will be someone who walks into their lives and changes their mind. Wouldn’t that be great? Everyone has love somewhere some just need to find it. Others need to stop looking so desperately. It will come on it’s own. It seems difficult. Love can be, but if you find that one person who you love don’t let go. Everyone will talk but hear the good not the bad and when you fight don’t give up. Overall love is a beautiful thing do you really want to throw it away?

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My first love.

Love is in the air, love is everywhere! First feelings are always special, new, unexplored, coupled with childish innocence and a pure vision of the world. It may sound ridiculous, but the fist time I felt that I’m alive, was the moment I felt in love for the first time. It was long time ago, at the village of my grandparents. I was 7-year-old boy and parents brought me to grandma for the whole summer. She was a 7-year-old girl, a granddaughter of my grandmother’s friend. We lived nearby and grandmothers often visited each other. The first time I saw her, I decided that she was the most perfect human being on the earth. The only presence of her nearby made my feel happy and delighted. Despite of my young age, I’ve understood that the world is made of love and it’s one of reasons that inspires mankind to live and create. I even have written my first poem: The moment I wake up I think of love The purity and gloss About you and come across This light is you I love you! We spent much time together, we had endless themes to talk about! In the garden we had a special place, where we dreamed and talked. One day I climbed on the biggest apple tree to pick ripe apples for her and cut out hearts on them. This basket of love apples should be my love confession. While I was doing this, I didn’t mention that she came and was sitting and watching me for a while. I felt that she hugged me from the back and we continued sitting side-by-side and eating those love apples. And at the end we kissed. It was funny and unusually. From those time we haven’t kissed, but kept warm relations. When I returned to my hometown, we wrote each other more than a year, but one day she didn’t answer. I like to pick this memory from my pocket on a nasty day, and life turns bright. The memories are so deep and clear, as I’m still a little

boy, hanging around the gardens and singing the beautiful song about love.

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Love is Everywhere: Our Stories of Kindness

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The magic of love.

Love is like a superpower that lives inside every person. It’s more than just a feeling; it’s a force that can make incredible things happen. When people care deeply for each other, they often become kinder and more willing to help. Love can turn a bad day into a good one and can make us feel safe and happy.

Love Brings People Together

Love has the power to bring people together. It doesn’t matter where you are from or what language you speak; love is something everyone understands. Friends and families stick together because of love, and it can even make strangers act like friends.

When you’re hurt or sad, love can be like a warm hug that makes you feel better. It’s like medicine for the heart. People who are loved often heal faster because they have happy thoughts and the support of others.

Love Inspires

Love can make you do amazing things. It gives you the courage to try new things and the strength to keep going, even when things are tough. Because of love, people have made beautiful music, art, and stories that we all enjoy.

Even when everything else changes, love can last. It’s a bond that doesn’t break easily. Love from our family, friends, and pets stays with us, making our lives brighter and full of joy.

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The strength of love.

Love is a magical feeling that can change everything. It’s like a superpower that all of us have, but not everyone uses it to its full potential. Love is not just about liking someone a lot or the warm feeling you get when you hug your family. It’s a force that can make impossible things possible.

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In families, love is the glue that holds everyone together. When parents love their children, they work hard to give them a good life. They teach them right from wrong and help them grow into strong adults. This love doesn’t need words; it shows in actions like a packed lunch or a bedtime story.

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Love is powerful because it can bring peace. When people love and respect each other, they don’t fight. They work together to solve problems and make the world a better place. Love can stop wars and help people from different places get along.

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Love is also a great teacher. When we love someone, we learn to share, to be kind, and to listen. We learn that other people’s feelings are just as important as our own. Love teaches us to be better friends, better family members, and better people. It’s like going to school, but instead of learning math or science, we’re learning how to care for each other.

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The power of love can change the whole world. When people love and care for each other, they work together to make things better. They help those who are in need, they protect the environment, and they make sure everyone is treated fairly. It’s like a team working together to win a game, but the game is making the world a happier and safer place for everyone.

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‘Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there—fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge—they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.’ David

Love Actually begins with this quote, spoken by David and set to real-life scenes from Heathrow Airport of people greeting one another. The quote sets the uplifting tone of the movie, reminding the audience that love is not always a grand gesture and it is not always convenient, but it is always possible.

[ in English ] 'It's my favorite time of day, driving you.' [ in Portuguese ] 'It's the saddest part of my day, leaving you.' An Exchange between Jamie and Aurelia

Jamie and Aurelia’s relationship is restricted to hand signals and facial expressions, as they are separated by a language barrier. This quote, an exchange they share just before their working relationship is about to end, shows how similarly they feel and the fact that they reciprocate one another's feelings in spite of not being able to communicate.

"But you know the thing about romance is that people only get together right at the very end." Sam

Spoken by Sam to his stepfather, Daniel, this quote refers to the public imaginary about romance movies. Even the 10-year-old Sam knows that often love does not articulate itself until the 11th hour.

"Would you wait around to find out if it's just a necklace, or if it's sex and a necklace, or if, worst of all, it's a necklace and love? Would you stay, knowing life would always be a little bit worse? Or would you cut and run?" Karen

After the nativity play, Karen confronts Harry about the necklace she found in his jacket. She outlines all her concerns about what the necklace symbolizes and asks Harry what he would do in her position.

"But for now, let me say, without hope or agenda, just because it's Christmas, and at Christmas you tell the truth: to me, you are perfect, and my wasted heart will love you, until you look like this." Mark's signs

This quote is not spoken, but written on a poster. Mark writes a humorous and heartfelt message to Juliet professing his love for her. He suggests that he loves her and will continue to love her, but also implies that he expects nothing from it.

"As dire chance and... and...and fateful cockup would have it, here I am, mid-50s, and without knowing it I've gone and spent most of my adult life with a...with a chubby employee. And...and much as it grieves me to say it, it...it might be that the people I love is, in fact...you." Billy Mack

At the end of the movie, Billy leaves a glamorous party at Elton John's house to spend the evening with his manager, Joe. He suggests that he had an epiphany that Christmas is about spending time with the people one loves, and that the person he loves most, in spite of his better judgment, is Joe.

Harry : Tell me, exactly, how long is it you’ve been working here? Sarah: Two years, seven months, three days, and I suppose what, two hours? Harry: And how long have you been in love with Karl, our enigmatic chief designer? Sarah : Um, two years, seven months, three days, and, I suppose, an hour and thirty minutes. Harry and Sarah

Harry is Sarah's boss, and in this exchange, somewhat early in the film, he encourages her to go after her office crush, Karl. She confides in him that she has been in love with Karl almost as long as she has worked there.

"When she first mentioned what's about to happen, I said, 'Over my dead body.' And she said, 'No, Daniel, over mine...'" Daniel

Daniel says this of his late wife at her funeral. He introduces the song that Joanna wanted him to play by telling those assembled about the exchange they had about it right before she died, in which she insisted, with good humor, that it was precisely the song she wanted to be played.

"Certainly sir. Ready in the flashiest of flashes!" Rufus the jeweler

When Harry purchases a necklace for Mia, his secretary, he wants the jeweler to complete the transaction quickly, so that Karen does not see. The jeweler says this line, insisting that he will do the wrapping very quickly, but then proceeds to take his time in a particularly drawn-out and humorous way.

"I’m on shag highway, heading west!" Colin

Colin assures his doubting friend, Tony, that going to America to look for a girlfriend is a good idea. He humorously uses this metaphor to suggest that he is going to score sexually as soon as he gets to Wisconsin.

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The Many Faces of Love

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The beginning of love, early stages of love, obstacles and challenges, the power of love, the dark side of love, different forms of love.

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