Never Allow Your Love For Life to be Suppressed

A coherent 3-step strategy to generate a deep affection for life.

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Most people’s current mindset: “I’ll fall in love with life when things are perfect.”

Let’s break down this highly flawed approach:

• Part one: “I’ll fall in love with life…” The phrase “falling in love” assumes that our love for life must be a passive reaction to a perfect life. “Passive” literally denotes a lack of control and effort. But what if love is not merely a passive reaction? What if “loving your life” is an active skill — which, when developed, enables a person to love their life, even when it’s highly imperfect?
• Part two: “..when things are perfect.”: The word “when” here often denotes “in the future,” and if we’re being more accurate, it means “in a highly improbable future.” Such a mindset promises happiness and love for life in the future, not now. But what if you don’t have to wait to love your life? What if you could generate that love right now?

When your mindset is, “I’ll love my life when it’s perfect,” you’re essentially saying that the default state is a lack of love — and you’re in this never-ending battle to attempt to increase it. A battle that most people will lose.