Why Love NEVER Lasts FOREVER
The School of Life
Oct 28, 2026 14:00
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When love is working, we desperately want it to last forever. We demand promises for the next half century, building our emotional lives on the illusion of absolute permanence.
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Yet everything in us and around us is in constant motion, and our history is full of things we thought would never end. In this film, we explore the liberating philosophy of impermanence, showing how accepting that nothing is promised can actually free us to deeply savor today.
"When love is working, we want it to last - inevitably - forever. It isn’t enough that it should have been nice today and that we’ve plans for tomorrow. We beg them to promise that they will be with us until the end. A dog can be happy in the present moment; we’re aren’t satisfied until we’ve secured the next half century..."
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