Tracking love
All activities can fall into two categories: the ones that grow love and the ones that reduce it.
We often track how productive our activities are. What if we are intentional about checking how loving they are? And how they enable life in yourself and in others.
What if more of the things we do everyday grows love?
Track love every hour (or everyday)1. Think about the interactions you’ve had in the last hour. Put a + or - sign in front of each. If it grows love, put a +. If it stifles love, put a -.
Two people can do the same activity, but it grows love for one and reduces it for the other. Two friends can have a difficult conversation and they approach it differently.
Check the list again. Do they grow the love you have for yourself and for others? Do you become more kinder in your perception of the world within and around you?
Those activities are neither wrong nor right. Love enables life. Every activity that increases love increases life - both in yourself and others.
The goal of this experiment is not to make a love-giving machine out of you. It is to help you see what you nurture or not.
What you do with that awareness is completely up to you.
Or whatever cadence works for you.