Week 6 Expressing Love through service

This week we learned about universal love or agape. A form of selfless love expressed to mankind or one’s community. This form of love is expressed to another with no intention of receiving something in return. Over the past several weeks, you considered several options to express agape or meaningful love through service. For this essay, select two meaningful expressions of love through service from the list below and complete them this week. Write a thoughtful essay describing which choices you selected, and how selfless love and service were expressed in your actions. Utilize 2 academic resources in your writing to discuss how mindful love through service connects to agape or universal love. In your conclusion, discuss how you plan to practice or cultivate this form of love in your life in the future.

Examples:

Engage in a meaningful action for humankind – this can be volunteering at a nonprofit, collecting trash in your local neighborhood, donating clothes or food to those in need, etc.

Complete a random act of kindness for a stranger – this can be paying it forward by buying a cup of coffee at the local Starbucks, offering a generous tip at a local store, cutting your neighbors lawn, assisting someone with carrying their groceries, or cleaning up a strangers trash.

Offer support to someone in need – whether this is through dedicated attention and listening, the lending of your skills or talents, or strengthened encouragement with the intention of receiving nothing in return. Connect with someone who might need unconditional love, you can do this through a phone call, a text message, or a hand written note.

Step away from gossip or judgement in a situation that you are faced with – instead offer forgiveness to someone who needs it, offer them understanding and encouragement (this could be someone you know or don’t know).

This essay should be greater than 2 – 3 pages in APA 7th edition formatting. Be sure to structure this paper like an academic essay (include an introduction and conclusion). Essay should contain a Title Page in APA style. APA format uses 12 pt and Times New Roman font. Create a citation every time you use someone else’s words, research results, or ideas in the body of the paper. Your Essay must include a Reference Page