DaasYochid: The only way goofa that I am capable of “keeping all the Halachos” is by not viewing the world with this rigid view. The only way to do it is to not take it so seriously. For me at least (at this point in my life).
yekke2: I don’t care for fish. I am a shomer shabbos. I do think that having a relationship with God is more important than the way I eat though. Twice a day I make sure to say three of the most important parshiyos from the Torah. In the beginning of the first one there is a commandment to love God. Believe it or not, it’s not a new chassidesh or breslov concept to love God. It’s as old as Judaism itself. In the second parsha it says “And it will be if you watch my commandments… To love your God and to serve him…”. Almost as if the main thing is to love him, the serving him will roll as a result.
I have discovered for myself that without having this genuine relationship with God, I wasn’t able to perform the mitzvos as I should. Now that I was introduced to some of these ideas (which unfortunately was never an important part of my Yeshiva education) my avodas hashem took a complete 180 turn, and I am a better and happy person all around. A small part of what came with this transition was changing my view of the world as a strict rigid place full of rules.