New York Times writer Mandy Len Catron recently penned: "More than 20 years ago, the psychologist Arthur Aron succeeded in making two strangers fall in love in his laboratory. Last summer, I applied his technique in my own life, which is how I found myself standing on a bridge at midnight, staring into a man's eyes for exactly four minutes." She goes on to detail the experiment she tried—asking a series of specific and increasingly intimate questions on a first date, then that awkwardly prolonged eye contact.
The result? It worked. Catron concludes, "… the study did give us a way into a relationship that feels deliberate. We spent weeks in the intimate space we created that night, waiting to see what it could become. Love didn't happen to us. We're in love because we each made the choice to be."
Possible Preaching Angle:
The New York Times highlighting that love—even romantic love—is a choice? Amazing, and a beautiful reminder that while chemistry might not be chosen, love can be. Love of all kinds.
