When you feel lost in grief, fear, or chaos, sometimes the only thing to do is act.
But not just any action.
This week I share a walk by the bay and one simple question to guide us through the season ahead: What would love do? With a little help from the research on behavioral activation, positive emotions, and values-based living, plus a few lighthearted Halloween-through-Christmas test runs.
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Quote of the Week
"Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails."
That's from 1 Corinthians, chapter 13.
Sources
• Lewinsohn, P. (early research on behavioral activation and depression, 1970s); Martell, C., Addis, M. & Jacobson, N., Depression in Context: Strategies for Guided Action
• Fredrickson, B. (broaden-and-build theory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Fredrickson, B., Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become
• Hayes, S. (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy); Hayes, S., A Liberated Mind
• 1 Corinthians 13:4–8, World English Bible (public domain)
Let’s go, let’s get it done.
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