Brian Johnson argues that love isn't easy, it's a practice. He cites Leo Buscaglia's insight that falling in love is simple but staying in love requires constant work. Johnson shares 19 years with his wife Alexandra and frames relationships as a real-time arena to become your best self.
Most of us are naive and we think that our relationships should be easy, to which he says, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Your relationships, whether it's with your significant other and/or your kids or whoever else is in your life, that is also an opportunity for you to practice your philosophy and be your best self. One of the references I make in the note is on a book by Leo Buscaglia called Love. Alexandra, my wife, we've been together over 19 years now. So when we met 19 years ago, one of the things I most loved about her was she had read this book called "Love" by Leo Buscaglia. And one of the big ideas in that book is it's easy to fall in love. It's much harder to stand in love. Easy to fall in love, much harder to stand and to grow in love. That is also an opportunity to practice, again, your philosophy and live the hero's journey. Again, moment to moment to moment, you're getting a call to be your best self within your relationships. Answer that call. Move through your challenges. Be your best. Let's go.
