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The 3 L’s of life

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Inspired by a Buddha quote I read yesterday, there is a simple formula that can help us achieve joy and happiness in life.

Love is the number one ‘L’ of life. Instinctively we would love rather than hate, however, all so often in life we are conditioned to react with judgement, anger, hatred and we suppress that instinct. Do not resist the urge to love, to be kind, to be grateful, to be empathetic. Love is the most special feeling in life and yet we resist it or are fearful of it, or we laugh at it and think it is somehow silly.

The 2nd ‘L’ is live, live life to the full, do not hold back on things, do not be held back your views or the views of others, do what makes you happy and go out and live without restrictions. In the process be mindful of being kind and compassionate with yourself and others. As the saying goes ‘live gently’. What you give to you and the world, will be what you get back. Live.

The last one is so important for a peaceful and happy life. Learn to let go. This is possibly the biggest challenge that we all face. It comes from being able to forgive yourself and others. It comes from realising that some things or people are not for us and you have to let go. It is also realising that nearly all things are not a matter of life and death, so let them go. The more we hold onto stuff, the more the frustration, anger and negativity grow.

Don’t push things or people away in life that meant for us, equally don’t hold onto things or people that are not meant to be, just let them go.

Love, live and let go.

Save yourself

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You are here to save yourself, to make your life complete, to save you from letting yourself down and failing to do the things that you are truly capable of.

There is not going to be a re-run, it is not like the Christmas repeats of ‘The Great Escape’ or ‘The Two Ronnies’, this is it, this is the real deal.

Each day is what we have, tomorrow is not certain and the past is gone, so what will we make of today? Or will we choose to find a reason to put something off until tomorrow? Yes, tomorrow, that day when all the perfect conditions will occur, that for some reason we need to start to do something that we want to.

There is never going to be that perfect day, when ‘this’ happens and if ‘that’ happens, then I’ll do x, and y, and Z.

Well, you won’t because all the things that you tell yourself that you need for something to happen, never will, otherwise, they would have already happened and you would have started the thing that you have been putting off until the perfect conditions turned up.

They are never going to because perfect does not exist, and even if it did, it would be boring and it would only last for a moment until a new level of perfection would arrive.

There is now, make it happen, do it, enjoy it, and it won’t be perfect, but it will be a million times better than regretting you never tried, than beating yourself up for putting something off, or the feeling that you are a failure because you do not achieve the things you want.

Life isn’t about perfect, it is about what makes you happy and what success looks like to you. Never let anyone, including your own voice, convince you otherwise.

Go save yourself from doubt, procrastination, from waiting to live and make your life happen with all its exciting imperfections.

Save yourself before it’s too late.