september 25th | journal 4
Hartnett ended this week's article affirming Tagore's position that love is the meaning of everything around us. As I've gotten older, I've realized that love is what makes me optimistic. Hartnett proposed that love is not merely an emotion but a world-making practice. When I was completing my restorative yoga teacher training, I was called to introspection, reflecting on aspects of my life I'd never believed I'd revisit and trying to find joy in sadness. In my own life, I've seen how love and care reshape and reframe experiences. At 26, it is love of life and nature that keeps me from being cynical. Love and care absolutely permeate one's worldview, acting as transformative forces that can soften, bridge, or even reconfigure conflicting ways of seeing the world.