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Thoughtful . . . It Means I Love You

John Morgan Season 6 Episode 167

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Thoughtful really means I love you. Find out why in this mini podcast.

 Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Thoughtful . . . It Means I Love You

The other day I found myself thinking about something The Grasshopper said years ago:

"Thoughtful is loving."

That reminded me of something my friend Jerry Stocking once told me:

"Love is inclusion."

And then it hit me.

Every time we've ever said, "That was so thoughtful of you,"  maybe what we were really saying was, "That was so loving of you."

Think about it.

Someone remembered your birthday. They saved you a seat. They picked up your favorite snack. They called just to check in.

We call those things thoughtful.

But what actually made them meaningful?

For a moment, you were on someone else's mind. You were included in their thoughts. And that inclusion found its way into action.

That sounds an awful lot like love to me.

I wonder if we've made the word love so awkward that we've replaced it with safer words like thoughtful.

It's easier to say, "That was thoughtful," than, "That was loving."

Maybe that's because we've narrowed the meaning of love until it almost always sounds romantic.

I don't think that's true at all.

I think you love far more people than you realize.

Every time you intentionally let someone know they're in your thoughts...

Every time you include them . . . You're expressing love.

Maybe we've been saying "That was thoughtful" . . .

. . . when what we really meant was,

"Thank you for being so loving."

All the best,

John