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What does it mean?
Without core emotions and materials, relationships and structures fall apart.
In plain terms
Love, hope, and materials hold us and things together.
What can you take from it?
Cultivate hope and love to maintain connections.

Where it applies

  • relationship breakdown
  • rebuilding

Putting it to work

  • nurture hope
  • strengthen relationships

Questions to consider

  • What holds your life together?
  • What happens when hope fades?

Another view

It overlooks structural factors beyond emotion that hold things together.

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