Love’s Longing Update

I have made a major update to Love’s Longing, one of my earlier books, first published in 2016. It has been carefully re-edited and given a fresh presentation, with beautiful new images throughout and a cleaner, easier-to-read format.

Love’s Longing is special in that it holds many stories from my own life—from childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, as well as from family life and the years that followed.

Most of the stories are not particularly dramatic. They are the sorts of things that make up all our lives: something funny a child did, something unexpectedly wise someone said, a fear that had to be faced, a change of direction no one saw coming, a relationship that taught something, or a difficult experience that eventually revealed a different way forward.

The stories create an energy field through which the larger spiritual ideas can be felt rather than just known in the mind. We all have these stories. The details may differ, but beneath them lie profound archetypal human experiences that lead to even more profound spiritual experiences.

In Love With Life

Falling in love is falling in love with our own and another’s truest self. It is ignited by the presence of another but we become beautiful ourselves as well as seeing beauty in the other. A man or woman in love is a magnet for love and affection from everywhere. While we deeply appreciate who God has given us to love, nevertheless, we can learn to be in love with the whole of life. To be in love with Life is to be in touch with our spiritual essence. It is to see beauty and loveliness wherever we go. It is to see the glow of divinity in all those around us. There is less need to fret over our loved one’s presence or absence. There is less need to possessively fear our loved one’s affections or interests. Love does not come from another person, although it will pass through another’s heart. It comes from the great source of all life. 

If we try every day to find that place inside us that can see a little more light and give a little more love, the quality of our life will improve significantly. We all long for love. It is the human inheritance to have such a longing. However, we must discover that in order to find it, we must give it. And when we learn to give it, we find that it is, quite amazingly, everywhere around us.