In two studies, the researchers found that people who experienced higher "felt love" -- brief experiences of love and connection in everyday life -- also had significantly higher levels of psychological well-being, which includes feelings of purpose and optimism, compared to those who had lower felt love scores. They also found that people with higher felt love tended to have higher extraversion personality scores, while people with lower felt love scores were more likely to show signs of neuroticism. (Penn State University)

You can look at study after study and you see the same thing. People like to be liked. People want to be noticed by their peers. I know I like to be liked, but should that be primary on our list or should it be something else?

Jesus addresses this topic today when He is chatting with the Jewish leaders. His encounter in the 1st Century definitely has application for us today.