Do you remember falling in love?

The infatuation stage. Pure excitement. Each text message a dose of serotonin. The electrifying possibilities of being with that person, not yet realized but oh so tantalizing to imagine.

And then the dating. The mutual adoration. The bliss of being in each other’s company. The gifts, the hints of “more”, the attraction. And the unending curiosity about everything they do or say, always so fascinating.

And eventually the being-together phase. The comfort of being understood and appreciated. The support, both in giving and receiving. The let-down guards and open hearts. Safety. Resonance. Just being yourself, and cherished for it. An emotional and physical homecoming.

I think having the fortune of finding love is one of the greatest adventures imaginable. But what if, besides romantic love, you also “fall in love with life” as a lot of self-help advice talks about? Like falling in love with the entirety of what life has to offer. Work, relationships to other people, sitting with oneself in meditation, everything. If all of that had aspects of infatuation or dating or being-together, what a magnificent experience that would be!

And here is a natural follow-up to “falling in love with life”. What if Life itself is madly in love with you? What if this whole time the universe has been looking at you with the upmost adoration, completely infatuated, hoping it could fulfill any and each of your wishes? If you just let it. What if this is actually a two-way love story?

Imagine, any time you open your eyes in the morning, you will be engulfed with the energies of love that can’t wait to show you all the joy that exists in the world. Life will want to surprise you. Send you these serotonin-inducing little nudges. Make sure that all the traffic lights are green on your way to work. Make your coworkers late so that you can peacefully enjoy your morning coffee. It will want to spoil you to the infinity of its abilities and the boundaries of your desires. Give you all the safety and comfort you deep down wish for. Brainstorm with you, intuiting, explore all the great possibilities of the world together so that you can over and over fall in love with it again.

Sometimes, you and it will butt heads. Things won’t go the way you wanted. You will want to fight and scream and yell. While Life looks at you with that same love, always, absolutely unconditionally, but also with the wisdom of millions of years. After all is said and done, you realize, throughout it all, it always had your best interest at heart. Meanwhile, Life will patiently wait for you, its one big forever love, to be open to its lavish attention again. Can you allow yourself to imagine that just for a moment? And then a minute. A day. Always?

How would you walk this earth, make difficult decisions, write important emails, plan your days and weeks and months, if you knew that everything around you was madly in love with you? If Life just wants to be there with you through it all, hold you, comfort you, shower you with unending affection, sharing its infinite wisdom, wielding its incomprehensible power. All for you. And it would greatly enjoy to be loved by you to, too. It would enable you, if you allow it, to love it as much as you can and want. A forever adventure ❤.

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From Daily Shot of Insight, Jan 4, 2021

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