“Send two dozen roses to Room 424 and put `Emily, I love you' on the back of the bill.”
Groucho Marx
We are now in a period where we have to work on Ahavas Chinam [baseless love] to combat sinas chinam.
Love means giving to another person on HIS/HER terms. All too often we express love in ways that WE appreciate but not necessarily in ways the object of love values. One avoda is to try to put yourself in the other person's shoes and try to determine what his/her needs are.
Think about it.....