Do You Want More Love? By Chris Cade

“If you want more love, why don’t you say so?” – John Mayer

Love is an interesting thing… no matter how much we give or receive it, most of us want MORE of it than we have in our lives, myself included. See, most people describe me as very loving, kind, generous, and grateful. Many people experience me as an expression of love in physical form.

Yet I still want to experience more love. Chances are you do also, but the signs aren’t always obvious…

For example, a while back I had shared about my new commitment to working out. The reasons I shared for that were all legitimate and real, yet still somewhat on the surface. At the root of that commitment is a desire to express my love for myself and others more completely and more vibrantly! Self-care is just one of many forms of love.

In fact, when you look at the majority of our thoughts, beliefs, and actions in the world you will notice that underneath all of them is, somewhere, somehow, a well-intentioned desire to experience more love in your life.

(regardless of whether that’s to love yourself or others more)

All of the greatest spiritual masters have talked about the importance of love, and some go as far as to say love is the ONLY thing that truly matters in this world. And with all of that in mind, the quote above from John Mayer asks an important question:

If you really want more love in your life…

What’s stopping you?

Most of us don’t love ourselves enough to feel worthy of actually asking for more love (regardless of whether we’re asking ourselves for self-care or asking others to express love more authentically, frequently, or differently).

It doesn’t have to be that way though.

When you love yourself unconditionally, from the inside-out, and for no reason at all… that’s when your life TRULY shifts. I’ve already been making this shift progressively, and it seems that with each little positive shift I make in that direction my experience of love multiplies.

In fact, there is current scientific research, ancient wisdom, proven techniques, and real-world experience that supports what I’ve already been experiencing… and that’s what Marci Shimoff has taught for nearly a decade.

One important topic Marci tackles is how to open your heart fully and experience deep love from the inside, even during challenges. This is especially relevant with so many major and difficult changes going on in our world.

In fact, if it weren’t for me having that kind of “love fortitude” in my own life, I wouldn’t have been able to so easily pick up and move again. Yes, that’s right… I did move to Texas, and now I’m living in California. That means I had lived in 4 different states in just 7 months (Washington, then Oregon, Texas, and now California).

Sure my life was a bit crazy, yet at the heart of it has been about LOVE… and specifically, a love for my son. Ever since my divorce at the end of 2009 (after being laid off from my job, and after foreclosing on my home and watching my financial life spiral downward, there’s been a lot of challenges I’ve juggled.

Yet at the center of it has been a love for my son to be with him and support him during these changes… and secondly, a love for myself to be with myself, to continue transforming my life, and to continue supporting myself during this time.

So yes, when Marci talks about unconditional love being a way to cope with major changes, I say “YES” I get it.

What I’ve learned to do is to experience more fulfilling relationships with myself and others. Also, more and more frequently I’ve learned how to ‘switch’ my mindset from stress and anxiety into love. Sometimes it’s as simple as me asking myself, “What would love do?” and other times it is a little more difficult for me.

Now here’s a personal secret I don’t think I’ve ever actually told anybody…

As you may know from some of my previous emails or videos, when I was a youth the one thing I wanted more desperately than anything else was to be LOVED. I just wanted a woman to love me.

As a child, I would pray to God:

“Star Light, Star Bright… First Star I See Tonight. Wish I May, Wish I Might, Have This Wish I Wish Tonight.”

When I was four, I prayed for “Siamese Twin Sisters.” (I didn’t know what Siamese meant, I just thought it meant twins… and what would be better than one sister? TWO!)

Well, that’s not the secret part. This is…

In my teens and 20’s, every single night when I saw the star, I instead prayed for this:

“I wish to experience TRUE LOVE forever and ever.”

Sure, at the time I thought I was talking about romantic love… that’s where my mind wanted to fill a deficiency so that I could feel “complete.”

Yet in hindsight, I see now that my HEART and the UNIVERSE were collaborating on my behalf. They heard my wish, they worked together, and now I do experience true love more in my life than ever before… because it comes from inside me and is not conditional ~ the world doesn’t determine my happiness, I DO.

(and it only keeps getting better)

If this kind of experience and expression of love resonates with you, if it’s something you’d also like to experience more of in your life, then you’ll love Marci’s entire approach to creating miracles in our lives. Click here to join Marci’s free online class, “3 Secrets to Living a Miraculous Life.”

In case you’re not familiar with Marci yet, she’s the New York Times best-selling author of “Happy For No Reason” as well as co-author of SIX books in the phenomenally popular Chicken Soup For The Soul series. Her books have sold more than 14 million copies worldwide in 31 languages… and she’s also one of the featured teachers in the movie “The Secret.”

This article was written by Chris Cade, founder of Spiritual Growth Events.