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What does it mean?
Those who do not appreciate or love life are not deserving of it.
In plain terms
If you don't love life, you don't deserve it.
What can you take from it?
Love and appreciate life to deserve it.

Where it applies

  • complaining about life
  • seeking meaning
  • personal growth

Putting it to work

  • practice gratitude
  • focus on positives

Questions to consider

  • Do you appreciate your life?
  • What makes life worth living?

Another view

This overlooks suffering that makes loving life difficult.

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  3. [Matrimony] is the grave of love.

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