Unattached Love

Unattached Love

Real love is unattached. It has no notion of what should be. It carries no expectation. It's an open-handed enjoyment. It's inherently free.

I experience enjoyment from playing the game itself. Happiness is not the goal. Happiness is simply what follows. Neither happiness nor enjoyment are ever the objective. The objective is just to play. To play to the best of my ability.

I can't "try to be happy." That's like "trying to fall asleep" or "trying to have fun." The more I grip to these outcomes, the more I push away the experience I'm ultimately seeking.

Happiness itself is unselfconscious. I don't even realize that I'm happy until the moment's passed. I don't think about being happy. I just am.

Meanwhile, love is a choice. Love is the choice. Love is the action. Love can be the thing I focus on. Love can be an active decision. Love is the game I choose to play. Enjoyment & happiness are what follow. These are the rewards of playing the game itself.

Love isn't forced. Love doesn't carry an expectation. To love "because I have to" is to love from a place of obligation, which isn't real love at all.

Real love is the product of following inspiration. Trusting my True Self. Trusting my instincts. Just playing the game... to the best of my ability.

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