That’s exactly right.
Unsatisfying though it may feel right now, you’ve already got the answer.
When I was a little boy, one of my weekly chores was to dust the furniture in the living room.
It probably took about 15 minutes or so. And I did it every Friday.
My parents gave me that chore knowing that by the following week I would need to do it again.
My chore was not: Destroy all circulating dust in the atmosphere of our home
It was: Each Friday, take a rag and wipe off the dust that has accumulated over the course of the week.
Do you see the point?
Many things in life are like this.
You inhale over and over again, knowing that each inhale will be followed immediately by an exhale that “ruins” the amazing work that you did with your ‘perfect’ inhale. Does that mean that your inhales are all failures or are done in vain?
When you create an intention of love and positive orientation, it does not mean that you must also destroy all other feelings and conditions that arise in you.
You’re adding something good. And you’ll keep adding it over and over again. Just like breathing. It’s not a vain project that’s ‘doomed to fail’. Like breathing, it’s just part of a healthy life. PART. Not the entire thing.
All emotions serve their functions. Don’t try to destroy any of them. Just add and include love into the mix.
Balance is the key principle.