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Can We Overdose on Love and Gratitude?

1. There’s No Overdose of Purpose, Love, and Gratitude — But There Can Be Imbalance Purpose, Love, and Gratitude are energies , not substances. You can’t “overdose” on them, but you can misapply them — meaning you express them without awareness or balance. When your Purpose becomes an obsession, you lose rest and presence. When your Love becomes attachment, you lose discernment. When your Gratitude becomes over-pleasing, you lose boundaries. So the goal isn’t to reduce PLG — it’s to anchor PLG with awareness. Yijing calls this “Zhong He” (中和) — balance and harmony in the middle path. 2. Appreciation and Praise Should Uplift, Not Inflate Appreciation is beautiful — it uplifts both giver and receiver. But if we praise without sincerity, timing, or truth, it loses its power. True praise comes from seeing reality with compassion , not illusion. When you appreciate someone’s goodness and see their flaws without judgment, you are practicing mature love — the kind that gro...