Last week you investigated your beliefs and stories about luck—a concept we inherit, adapt, and create. This week, do the same for love.
Rather than heading out to a public place and aiming for fun like you did with luck, create a space you feel very safe in, somewhere private, comfortable, and kind. Put on some music, set some ambiance, and get into deep work:
Do I believe in love? What do I believe about love?
What stories did I receive about love growing up? How have my experiences reflected or challenged those stories?
How do I define and describe love? Is love a force, chance, coincidence, cultivated, manipulation, grasping, God, opportunity, political rhetoric, fact?
When I think about people I know and my loved ones, what does love mean in their lives, what’s happened to them, or how they make sense of things?
What do I feel about love in the time I’m living in?
Then, write about a time when…
I have felt most loved.
I have felt most unloved.
I have struggled to feel love.
I highly suggest sharing this exercise with someone close to you. Make a plan to discuss your discoveries and questions together. Don’t, this time, keep it all to yourself.
Lol I could write about this forever :)