How do you define love? What if your definition of love is causing you to feel disconnected, unhappy, unloved and/or lacking inner peace? Are you are willing to of change your definition of love?

I want to share with you the story of one woman’s transformation and her unique discovery that love is like chocolate chip cookies. Unfortunately, Liz, like most of us, left home without knowing how to create loving connections.

In today’s fast paced world of computers, email and attached garages, where we spend more time connecting with our favorite TV characters than our neighbors, it is getting harder to connect. Yet, connecting, sharing, touching, caring, sharing is the basis for how human beings love.

One day Liz was asked.
“What are the main ingredients you want in your LOVE recipe?”
She answered.
1. Sharing the same interests
2. Common goals
3. Physical attraction
4. Great sex
5. Good communication
6. Trust
7. Honesty
8. Respect

I explained to Liz that her list is the qualities that make for a successful relationship and are the by-products of love. However, they are not the main ingredients in love.

“LOVE IS THE WONDERFUL EXPERINECE OF FEELING CONNECTED!
Learning how to connect and live in the loving is the journey called life.

“You will know love when you feel connected…
When you have a sense of inner peace, an inner knowing that everything is okay, that everything is perfect, just the way it is. Even if you do not like it! Love is an always present, always available Energy that each of us can tap into at anytime. It is not dependent upon another person.
You can find it in a moment of laughter, in the giggle of an infant, in the glow of a sunrise or sunset, in the flight of an eagle, or in the miracle of a butterfly. LOVE IS EVERYWHERE! LOVE IS IN EVERYTHING.

“Love is the Life Force, the essence of all things. Love is the word we use to describe a gut feeling that we FEEL when we experience the bliss of being CONNECTED to the life force, (the Goodness, the Godness) in someone or something.

“When we feel connected to another Life Force we say we love that situation, animal, thing… or person. Many people feel the word love is overused and therefore has little meaning. But, every time anyone says they LOVE their Spouse, Children, Pets, Food, Motorcycle, Skiing, and even Chocolate Chip Cookies, they are describing a sense of connection.

Slowly Liz was able to add more ingredients to her recipe until she knew that she had created her own unique form of connecting/loving.”

Liz’s recipe for CONNECTION is:
1. Release your fears and conquer your anxieties
2. Accept what is
3. Forgive
4. Slow down, go within!
5. Have faith in a Higher Power
6. Trust and follow your intuition
7. Be grateful
8. Nature yourself
9. Give love away
10. Discover your Spiritual Life Purpose, your uniqueness

The three two most important things that helped Liz to connect/love were; Releasing her fears and her anxieties, Discovering her Spiritual Life Purpose, and Trusting her intuition.

Are you ready to discover your recipe for Connecting/Loving?
If your answer is YES, then please see my Directory Ad in Nexus.
Nancy R. Harris, MSS - Intuitive Counseling.

This article is an excerpt from Take Two Cookies and Call Me in the Morning, A story of how to connect in a disconnect world. 2003. All rights reserved by the Author, Nancy R. Harris.

NANCY R. HARRIS, MSS
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