James Sexton

no amount of money no no amount of money to me that's that's the teacher right there i think some of that is that we're so unconditionally loved by our pets and and they love us that way and we love them that way there's simplicity to it to the nature of the relationship i think some of it also is the fact that that they have such a finite life

there's this feeling of I'm going to lose this someday.

And so there's just this depth of, I'm gonna just never take this for granted because I know far too soon this will be gone.

And I think that's one of the most beautiful things is the acknowledgement of impermanence.

And I think we can do that in romantic love.

We can remind ourselves that like,

this was loaned, this is not permanent.

That this person made a choice to love us, we made a choice to love them.

And there was a time where we were trying to close the deal.

We wanted them to love us so bad.

We all remember in our relationship that there was a time where it was like, oh my God, I want this to happen.

I want this to happen.

And then it happens.

And we're like, you know, all right.

And it's not that it's not great, of course, but it's like it just becomes familiar.

So I think we have in us this depth of love.

And I think how you do anything is how you do everything, you know?

And I think that there is a tremendous invitation in the other loves of your life to understanding how you love and how you want to be loved.

But romantic love is scarier than the love of a pet because there's so much vulnerability.

There's a lot of vulnerability in romantic love.