Love Signs: 1001 Ways to Show Whats in Your Heart

We usually express our love through language, as in simply saying "I love you." Other times we express it through the written word, as when penning notes, letters, or poetry to one another. At yet other times love is expressed in gestures, as in the things we do for one another to give shape to and evidence of the true passions of our hearts. Love Signs is about showing our love, those priceless moments and events that tell our loved ones that they are loved.

"The words 'I love you' are a profound statement," Greg Lang writes. "When coupled with an embrace, walking hand in hand, stealing a kiss, sharing a romantic nuzzle, or a hundred other tender, giving gestures, these words are elevated to an experience, a lasting memory, a delicate, reflective moment-a love sign-that demonstrates that you care for me and I care for you in ways that words alone cannot."

Sometimes showing what's in our heart is something simple, like waking the one we love with a kiss after making coffee the way he or she prefers. Sometimes it is not so simple, like searching for hours for the perfect gift or writing a poem to hide in a place where it will be found later. Love must be expressed to be known, if it is to flourish and come to its full potential.

"I could probably rest assured that my wife will love me always and will stay with me no matter how little I might do to show her that she is the love of my life," Lang writes. "However, because she is the love of my life, I am driven by the desire to reassure her that I love her. So every day I do something to show her that I care about her. I show her a love sign whenever I can. I want to make it as obvious as possible to her that I love her as much as I do, because I want her to love me as much as she can in return."

Thus, in the end this book is itself a love sign: another way for him to show his wife that he loves her and a reminder to us all that love never takes love for granted that expresses itself in ways that allow it to come to full bloom.