“Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match...Which side wins? Love wins. Love always wins”
“If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. The status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it come in. We think we don’t deserve love, we think if we let it in we’ll become too soft. But a wise man named Levin said it right. He said, “Love is the only rational act.”
In this section, Morrie shares the obvious, yet a lesson that all of us always forget - the understanding of the idea of ‘love’. We think love weakens us as it’s vulnerable. That one is in the influence of heart and not mind that could lead to irrational decisions. But if you read any literature or look at real-world events across centuries, you will see how love is the only act that remains alive.
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