Featured Stories
Perspectives from Different Writers on How to Love and Relate
Selected stories on love & relationships reflecting interesting perspectives
Purpose of the Post
As the founder and chief editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications, I regularly curate educative and engaging pieces from different writers. In this post, I share a collection that I created on love and relationships.
Our editors also curate stories from multiple topics. Here are three sample collections from different editors.
Outstanding Stories — Volume 91
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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Introduction and Context
Some people say life is all about love. It is the most discussed topic on earth. Thousands of books and perhaps millions of poems were written about love. A majority of fiction books are related to love. The opposite of love is considered to be fear, and some think that it is hatred.
It is not possible to reach a consensus on love and how we relate to others. The way we love our significant partners, kids, parents, families, friends, colleagues, and pets may vary.
Love and relationships are tightly coupled. Love is considered an emotion or state of mind. Relationships include our emotions, thoughts, and behavior. In my opinion, a relationship is an action-oriented behavior that can result in and cause some behavioral change, such as connection, whether positive or negative.
The way we relate with others is also different. Some of us can create warm relationships easily. But on the other hand, some of us have difficulty connecting with others. Relationships may affect our physical and mental health.
Talking and writing about love is good, but living love is what really matters, in my opinion. However, we can gain insights from the experiences of others. Some people are successful in experiencing true love, but some are not. Both groups can give us valuable perspectives.
Relationships can be very complex. Logic and common sense sometimes do not work, even though they are essential ingredients. Our inner world, emotions, feelings, thoughts, psychological states, and mood swings make a difference in relating with others.
Relationships are comprehensive, covering many aspects of our lives. They include parenting, friendship, and many other topics. Trust plays an essential role in relationships.
Some relationships can be detrimental. The biggest problem is with toxic relationships when partners abuse one another. Unhealthy relationships create lose-lose situations.
Excellent relationships create win-win outcomes. They extend, expand, and enhance the capabilities of involved parties.
I am an avid reader of stories on these topics. Reading about these topics gives me various emotions, especially joy and new perspectives. Each story I read in this collection gave me different views and ideas about love.
Frankly, I am not an expert on love and relationships topics; however, I attempt to post some stories. I write about the cognitive and emotional aspects of maturity, reflecting on my personal and professional life experiences. One of my recent stories that my regular readers enjoyed was Why Emotional Maturity Is Critical For Relationships.
My conclusion in this story was: “We can develop our emotional maturity by being authentic, approaching people with empathy and compassion, accepting our imperfections, and depicting vulnerability. The best hygiene for emotional maturity is a mindful life, being aware of every moment, and seeing things as they are without judging them as good or bad”.
Previously I mentioned the love and relationship collection in this story. We plan to develop this page and integrate it with the new design. As mentioned in this story, we created a featured page called “love and relationship”. The purpose of this story was to invite contributors to the former PSILY (PS I Love You) publication, which was unfortunately closed due to a lack of funding. I am pleased some of these writers have joined my publications and transferred their curated stories.
Today, I selected and compiled some stories related to love and relationships topics from my reading list. I am pleased that most of these stories now show on our Love & Relationship featured page.
Both love and relationships are comprehensive tags on Medium. Relationships have 230K stories contributed by 75K writers.
Love is even more significant, including 367K stories contributed by 127K writers. Other related tags are dating, family, and parenting.
Relationships come under the “Self” domain. There is no topic for love. However, as mentioned, it is a gigantic tag. Other related topics to relationships in the Self domain are family, parenting, sexuality, self, lifestyle, beauty, astrology, and spirituality.
So when you submit your relationship and love stories, you may consider the tags of this domain to increase the chance of distributing your stories to multiple topics.
We are soon re-designing our publications. The focus is on collections to give easy access to our readers to find relevant stories. This page will be one of the main pages in the new design. I will explain the new structure in an upcoming post soon.
Another purpose of collections is to introduce writers and create collaboration among them. So if some stories resonate with you, you can meaningfully engage in those stories and connect with those writers.
Love and Relationships on ILLUMINATION
We created a featured paged for love and relationships on ILLUMINATION. Your stories with these tags are automatically captured.
https://medium.com/illumination/love/home
We also have a love and relations tab on the front page banner.
Selected Love & Relationships Stories
This collection includes only a small number of stories from my reading journal. This list includes stories only from ILLUMINATION. There are hundreds of stories on this topic on ILLUMINATION-Curated too.
It is impossible to add them to a single post. However, I will find ways to create more visibility for stories related to these topics.
I enjoyed reading every story on this list, and I hope you will enjoy them too.
I excluded poetry related to these topics, as I will cover them in another collection. My poetry list is gigantic because I love reading poetry. I will add poetry about love and relationships in another collection. Please enjoy one of my favorite poems as a spoiler. Simply Love: Our World’s Survival Guide — Including Accompanying Video Poem by Martine Weber.
Here is the list of stories in no particular order. I added them as they appeared in my reading journal.
The Call for Love: Love relationships are like belts. Rosennab
How Long Should You Wait for Somebody to Love You? Emily Wilcox
How Am I Supposed to Love Myself When You Keep Calling Me Fat Lindsay Rae Brown
Who is a human’s best friend: a dog or a human? Tara Desai PhD
Respect Doesn’t Always Mean Talking Out of Love Noorain Hassan, BMS
I Flirted With Death. Now, I Am In Love With Writing. Claire Kelly
Love Is From The Heart, A Romance With Life Dr. Preeti Singh
My Dog Taught Me to Find a New Sense of Appreciation for My Partner Aditi Balaji
A Token Of Love For 329 Followers: Call me crazy but that’s how I am Bhavna Narula
3 Little-Known Reasons Why You Should Love Those Who Disagree with You Athif Ibrahim
5 Things That Are More Important Than Love In A Relationship Yewande Adeleke
7 Questions About America (from My Danish Husband) I Just Can’t Answer Anastasia Frugaard
I Would Love To See Your Beautiful Face But Please Agnes Louis
I Didn’t Know The World Would Think Our Love Was Wrong. Lisa Holliday
The 3 Loves Needed to End a Marriage as Beautifully as it Begins Ron Dawson
This Is A Good Time as Any to Give Love and Good Literature a Chance Selma
Don’t beg people for claps on Medium anymore, instead give them reasons to love your stories Adebola Alabi
How to Write Stories People Love to Read a Second Time Joshua Idegbere
Singleness, a tooth explosion, finding love and discovering what really matters during self-isolation John Ross
What I Want to Do For a Living Will Hurt the Ones I Love Charlotte Ivan
Falling in Love with Our Colorful, Expert Gaia Might Be the Answer Desiree Driesenaar
Relationships: Possessive is Acceptable Abusive is Not Sumera Rizwan
Many People on Different Paths, but One Love That Binds Us All Ruchi Thalwal
4 Simple Ways to Love Yourself and Your Life a Little More Itxy Lopez
How Can the Things You Love Tell You about Who You Are? Bill Abbate
How to Influence the Collective Culture With Love Paul Myers MBA
The Process That Allows Me To Love Writing Every Single Day Erin King
The Secret of Verifying Your Passion: Do You Love the Thing, or Just the Idea of the Thing? Brian E. Wish, PhD
Why Living a Life You’re Proud of Now is Better than Living a Life You Will Love Later Angelina Der Arakelian
‘I Love the Poorly Educated,’ Donald Trump Said but Do They Still Love Him Dew Langrial
I Hate That I Love to Talk About People Behind Their Back Tommy Ueland
Why You Should Stop Comparing Love With Money Godofredo Rojas
Lace Up Love! A simple way to think about showing kindness to others Tim Maudlin
Love & Tranquility: Humans are resilient. We will prevail! Chris Hedges
How Not to Fall in Love: A tentative thought Patrick M. Ohana
A Basket of Love: Limericks and a message for Patrick Carolyn Hastings
The Basic Rules of Decent Communication with Those You Love Jessica Lynn
Do You Think God’s Love Is Unconditional or Is It a Give and Take Process? Geetika Sethi
The Gift of Love is a Powerful Force for Healing Tree Langdon
The 7 Ways I Forget About Success And Do What I Love Yara Zeitoun
Fall Madly in Love With Writing If You Want to Be a Writer Mahmudul Islam
3 Reasons Why You Should Absolutely FALL IN LOVE With Your $0.01 Stories. Aldric Chen
15 Happy, Love, and Relationship Life Lessons I Hope You Don’t Miss Tonya S. Ware
I Went Wedding Dress Shopping With the Fiancé of the Man I Was in Love With Caitlin Jill Anders
Yes, You Can Love Someone and Still Think About Breaking Up With Them Renee Rose
Do You Really Love Your Family or Just Tolerate Them? Tracey Folly
When You Love the World, the World Loves You Back Andrea D'Angelo
Recycled Love: Adopt a Senior Dog from a Rescue Organization Jacquelyn Lynn
Your Love Cannot Save Someone Who Is Destroying Themselves Holly Kellums
There Are 2 Levels of Self-Love — You Need Both Moreno Zugaro
Reflections On My Love Affair With Medium William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
How relationships can be the best place for transformation İpeksu Durmaz
How To Deal With The ‘She Said, He Said’ Problem In Relationships Terry Mansfield
The Deliberate Misrepresentation of Interracial Relationships in Film and TV Carl L Lane
Advice for Long Distance Relationships in the Era of Self Isolation Kathy Lum
3 lessons psilocybin mushrooms taught me about relationships Shawn Jr
Two powerful Mantras to Strengthen Relationships Mukundarajan V N
Great Relationship Advice: Secrets of Amazing Relationships Jeff Herring
What the 90 Day Fiance Series Teaches Us About Relationships Keara Lou
5 Unhealthy Habits That Keep Destroying Your Relationships Will Fulton
You Don’t Have A Single Attachment Style. What Does That Say About Your Relationships? Kylie Fuller
Our Mental Patterns Set the Tone of Our Lives — and Some Need to Be Broken. Harshy
Keep These Things In Mind When You Loan Money: To friends or relatives Anu Anniah
Attachment Theory, Negative Ions, and Epigenetic Negotiating: 3 Mysteries of Twin Brains Sharon Woodhouse
Communication is Crucial For Successful Relationships Jimmy Misner Jr.
3 Reasons Empathy Might Be Damaging Your Relationships Mia Thompson
How I Challenged a Privileged White Male Friend’s Racism Daniela Gitlin
Are You Addicted to Distraction and Multitasking? Christina Morgan
Today a Friend Paid Me Back $20K She Borrowed Decades Ago for Her Divorce Toni Crowe
Why Leaving Your Toxic Family Could Be The Best Thing You Do Today Miles Etherton
My review of ‘The Sacred Art of Letting Go’ by Vishnu’s Virtues Martine Weber
Would You Like Your Friends if You Met Them Today? Corrine Roberts
It’s Never Too Late to Make Amends With the People You’ve Hurt Michelle Jaqua
Your Article Will Hurt Her, and You Haven’t Even Met Her Yet Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
6 Valuable Conversations Before Moving In With Your Partner Cheshta Mann
8 Brutally Honest Reasons She Doesn’t Want to Date You Shannon Hilson
How A Mistaken Swinger’s Party Taught Me To Trust My Instincts Janie Emaus
Tribalistas: a deep human connection beyond music Mario López-Goicoechea
This Habit Might Be Pushing People In Your Life Away Kirstie Taylor
How You’re Being Selfish in Your Marriage and Don’t Even Realize It Rob Cyrier
How to Raise Hardworking and Independent Children Rachel Sample M.Ed.
Every Trauma Matters. Don’t Minimize Yours Patrícia S. Williams
Three Ways to be Authentic in Your Grief or Pain Camille Parker
When Dad’s Girlfriend Dies, I’ll Get a Bunch of Money Roz Warren
How to Stop Dating and Start a Relationship Laura Silverstein, LCSW
The Right Partner Won’t Perceive Your Independence as Intimidating Diana C.
Thoughts and Second Thoughts on Breaking My Isolation After 3.5 Months Helen Cassidy Page
3 Reasons Empathy Might Be Damaging Your Relationships Mia Thompson
Popular Self-Help Advice That Is Actually Really Toxic Vidhipssa Mohan
5 Behaviors That Show Italian Men Love Their Moms More Than Anybody Else Lucia Landini
Vital Advice I Gave My Son For An Unbelievable Summer Anthony Fireman
If You’re So Great, Why Can’t You Curb The Horrible Things You Say? 𝑺𝒆𝒚𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏
A Silver Lining of Loss: Choosing to Cherish Your Loved Ones Mag Moreno
4 Shifts in Awareness that can Radically Transform your Relationships Aimee O'Neil MSW
The Great Ungrateful: Adventures Living with Narcissistic In-Laws Heather C Holmes
After 18 months of Covid, I’m ready to see old friends, make new ones, and have some raunchy Belle du Journey
5 Signs of Bread-Crumbing — Take Back Your Time! Sohrab Khandelwal
Bad is Stronger than Good: Negative vs Positive Reinforcement in Relationships Michael Wilkins
8 Simple Tips to Help You Start Conversation with People Andy Demidov
What Makes Some People More Charismatic Than Others? Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
To Be A Good Giver You Must Learn How To Receive — Mercy Speaking Felix Adeoye
The Ability To Listen Is The Ultimate Superpower David Graham
Imposter Syndrome Can Destroy Life — How To Cope With It Diana Braune
Confession Or Apology, What’s Better For The Soul? Brian Dickens Barrabee
Gaslighting: How to Recognize It and 7 Ways to Shut it Down! Himani Parikh
Looking for an easy way to improve your relationship? Sarah Albo
The Kid Who Was Tortured: I Would Rather Stay With God Dihan
What Life Lessons Would You Love Your Kids to Know? Cynthia Marinakos
4 Reasons You Haven’t Tied the Knot Yet — That Have Nothing To Do With You C.C. Writes
A Fortune Teller Says My Life Purpose Is To Find a Man Zee Praise
4 Trivia Reason Relationships Fail Akhaine JesuOboh Precious
5 Toxic Ideas About Love I Learned From Watching Too Many Romantic Movies Mari Concepcion
The 5 Types of Toxic People to Cut Loose from Your Life John Cristóbal
Create a Deep Magnetic Connection Between You and Your Partner — Using This 2 Step Psychic Technique Daniel Hinds
Let Go of the Handshake. Time to Usher in New Social Etiquette Jen Gippel PhD
Four Outdated Social Narratives that Still Govern Our Lives Schalk Cloete
The Hare and The Tortoise: A Fairy Tale That Reveals Powerful Life Lessons To Help You Win Roy Landers
6 ways to cope when you live with someone toxic Sage Crystal
Inability to Care: Ways To Deal With a Partner Incapable of Caring The San B
Traveling Back In Time: Advice to a Young Whipster* Bev G 🧙♀️
Conclusions
One of my takeaways from these stories is that the key points to successful relationships are love, understanding, empathy, compassion, good communication, and respect.
Please enhance the messages of these stories by leaving comments related to love and relations. Perhaps share your thoughts, pointing out the stories that attracted your attention or gave you valuable insights and perspectives.
Thank you for reading these engaging and insightful stories.
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