Red
DISCOVERING
a LOVE that LASTS in a CULTURE
that DOESN’T BELIEVE it CAN
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Red
DISCOVERING
a LOVE that LASTS in a CULTURE
that DOESN’T BELIEVE it CAN
NEAL SAMUDRE
RETHINK CREATIVE PRESS
ARLINGTON, TX
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Edited by: David Valentine
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5
CHAPTER ONE: SINGLE
1.1 How I Learned to Love Myself 7
1.2 Why I Chose to Not Be Pressured Into Love 13
CHAPTER TWO: IT’S COMPLICATED
2.1 Why Love Should Make You Laugh 17
2.2 What You Can And Can’t Control About Love 24
CHAPTER THREE: IN A RELATIONSHIP
3.1 Where I Found Hope to Make Love Last 36
3.2 What Held Me Back from Loving More 41
CHAPTER FOUR: IN AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP
4.1 Why Love is Not a Vending Machine 47
4.2 You Should Give Up 51
CHAPTER FIVE: ENGAGED
5.1 How We Inspired the World 57
5.2 Why the World Needs You to Tell a Good Love Story 62
SHARE YOUR LOVE STORY 66
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 67
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