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“Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” That
is love’s ultimate expression.
The high divorce rate in our country bears witness that
thousands of married couples have been living with an
empty emotional love tank. The growing number of
adolescents who run away from home and clash with the
law indicates that many parents who may have sincerely
tried to express love to their children have been speaking
the wrong love language. I believe that the concepts in this
book could make an impact upon the marriages and
families of our country.
I have not written this book as an academic treatise to
be stored in the libraries of colleges and universities,
although I hope that professors of sociology and
psychology will find it helpful in courses on marriage and
family life. I have written not to those who are studying
marriage but to those who are married, to those who have
experienced the “in love” euphoria, who entered marriage
with lofty dreams of making each other supremely happy
but in the reality of day-to-day life are in danger of losing
that dream entirely. It is my hope that thousands of those
couples will not only rediscover their dream but will see the
path to making their dreams come true.
I dream of a day when the potential of the married
couples in this country can be unleashed for the good of
humankind, when husbands and wives can live life with full
emotional love tanks and reach out to accomplish their
potential as individuals and as couples. I dream of a day