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There was not a lot of love at my house growing up and I had to learn how to love. Really, I did. And I really try to make it a point to hug and kiss my family all the time. Human beings are put on this planet to love and be loved. I think that is our primary purpose, to love and be loved. And when you are raising a household, raising a family, and love is at the core, life is just better. Just stop and take the moment you walk past your, your partner, just stop and give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Like it's the most important thing in life. The most important thing in life, love. How much we are loving and receiving love back. It's the most important thing. An entrepreneur straight out of New York City, Michael Chernow. What's crack? What up, y'? All? It is Monday. Monday Moments. Welcome back to the Creatures. Have a podcast Monday Moment. I love doing these with you guys. These little 5, 10, sometimes maybe 15 minute little bites of content that I hope to, that I hope could help optimize your life, make you think a little bit, bring some inspiration, motivation, whatever it is for you. I want to tell you a little story about something that happened this morning that really just, like, made me feel so good. It just made me feel so good. So I woke up super early like I typically do, and I did my morning routine and I went into the gym and I worked out. I'm so grateful that the weather is starting to turn in upstate New York because typically in the winter time it's, you know, 10 degrees where I live in the morning and the garage gym is 10 degrees. So it's not fun working out there. So I typically will have to drive to the gym, which adds about 40 minutes to my mornings because it's 20 minutes there, 20 minutes back. But because the weather is nice or nicer, warmer, I've been able to just pop into the garage gym and work out and, and not be freezing my nuts off. Sorry for using the word nuts. It just came out. So I worked out. Great workout this morning. I, I made a little content, I posted something and then I came out to the house. I came back into the house and my son was sitting at the breakfast nook. He was already up and he was doing his, he was doing a Lego. It was just his birthday and he got a massive Lego set. He got like the Luke Skywalker land walker or something. He's. It's like the big Luke Skywalker ship. Anyway, he was super stoked on it. He's a LEGO master dude. Loves Legos. And he looked at me and I looked at him and I just, I nuzzled up into the breakfast nook and I just hugged him. And he, like, put both of his arms around me and just hugged me, squeezed me hard. And we just stayed there for like, I don't know, 30 seconds, 40 seconds, just hugging each other. And it was just like. I just love being a father so much. I love being a father so much. And I think sometimes we forget or we're too busy to, like, look at your kids or look at your wife or look at your, your husband or your boyfriend or your girlfriend and hug them. Like a good hug. And I really try to make it a point to hug and kiss my family all the time. When I come home for dinner every single night, you know, dinner's on the table. Typically at 6 o', clock, I walk over to my wife and I give her a big fat kiss. I walk over to my son Dakota, and I kiss him, and I walk over to Finn and I kiss him and we sit down and eat. And I think it has been such a. It just, not only does it feel good for, for me being affectionate with my family, but it, but it just, it just sets this tone of, like, love is in the air, you know? And my wife and I make it a point to not. Like, we don't, like, we haven't, like, had a conversation about it. Like, oh, we have to kiss in front of the kids, but we show our affection and love towards each other in front of our kids all the time. Not in a weird way, but just like in the morning, we give each other a kiss and a hug. Before dinner, we give each other a kiss and a hug. We hold hands often. And I do think that at the end of the day, human beings are put on this planet to love and be loved. I think that is our primary purpose, to love and be loved. And when you are raising a household, raising a family, and love is at the core where it's, like, vibrant and it's abundant, life is just better. And so we could be super busy and we could, like, forget to do these things. And I did not have this at home. There was not a lot of love at my house growing up, and I had to learn how to love. Really, I did. And I'm, I'm, I'm a lover. I'm, I'm, I've got a lot of love to offer. And, and, and so I just wanted to, to put it out to you guys today, like, just stop and take the moment you walk past your. Your partner, just stop and give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Like, kiss on the lips, a nice hug when you're walking down the street. Grab their hand. Sitting at the, you know, sitting, watching some. Some, you know, a Netflix show. Put your hand on your partner. Grab their hand. Love is, like, the best drug. It really is. Love is the best drug. And we were placed here to. To experience love. So that moment that I had this morning with Finn, like, really touched me. Like, really, I just, like, I was able. I was so present and I was so in the moment with him, and, like, he was, like. It wasn't like, he was, like, you know, like, flaccidly hugging me. He was, like, holding onto me. And my little son, who I love so freaking much, was, like, squeezing me and hugging me for, like, a good solid 30. And it just was such a nice way to start my day. And it just proved to me that love is so powerful and important. So I encourage you all to love more. Doesn't cost anything, you know? It doesn't cost anything. Share this podcast with someone who you think may need to hear it. And let this be a reminder to not take love for granted, whether it's with your friends, your family, your partner, like, really go for it, because it's. It's. It's the most important thing in life. The most important thing in life. Love. How much we are loving and receiving love back. It's the most important thing. All right, Joe, I love you. Until the next one, peace.