Best Relationship Advice from "You're my Inspiration" Chicago, 1985

For those that want the ultimate declarations of love

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LaDena Kailing Garr
September 04, 2024

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Fun fact, find the answer at the bottom of this email.

Grammy award winning songwriter, David Foster, reached out to Peter Cetera (lead singer of Chicago) because a certain artist wanted a love song written by him. Peter immediately wrote “Your my Inspiration” while he was in Italy, but the artist passed on it. Who was that artist?

Feel-Good Relationship Advice from the Greatest Love Songs!

You’re the meaning in my life, you’re the inspiration

For those who want the ultimate declarations of love

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Lyrics

You know our love was meant to be
The kind of love to last forever
And I want you here with me
From tonight until the end of time

You should know, everywhere I go
Always on my mind, in my heart, in my soul, baby

If you are Gen X, you’ll remember that moment at the high school dance, the kind of dance they hold after a football game, when this song came on. Your heart would beat a little faster and you scan the room to see if he or she is there.

This is one of those songs that you want to be dancing with someone special. It’s not a flirty, fun song. It is pure declaration of “the kind of love that lasts forever”.

This song is extremely popular at weddings. Adoration and declarations of love, are always special whether a new moment such as a high school slow dance, or a grand gesture such as a wedding dance.

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Yet there is a logic to the phenomenon: the logic of love. You love in order to be loved in return, particularly by someone worthy and admired whose love for you gives you significance.

Both reciprocated love and prescribed love have a key aspect in common: the appreciation they elicit from others. They make you feel significant, communicating that you matter and cannot be ignored.

Lyrics

You're the meaning in my life
You're the inspiration
You bring feeling to my life
You're the inspiration
Wanna have you near me
I wanna have you hear me sayin'
"No one needs you more than I need you"

Billboard said that this song was "somewhere between a hymn and an anthem”.

Beautiful swirling harmonies compliment the driving melody, creating a masterpiece.

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(Mark shared this with his class, while knowing his cancer was terminal)

I held LaDena and told her, “Oh, I wish I had adored you more.” I had wasted many times not adoring her. If you know my wife and I, you know we spend a lot of time adoring one another. There is always more that we could’ve done, more love we could’ve shared. Oddly, this illness has helped us love even deeper and more whole-heartedly-as if each moment would be our last.

Mark Kailing, PsyD, Author “The Sacred Art of Living through Self-Mastery”
Think about this…

What is the best thing your sweetheart ever said to you, as a declaration of their love for you?

What is the best thing you ever said to them?

Are you the kind of person to send this song to your sweetheart with a simple text that says, “Thank you”?

Key Take Aways

  • You should know, everywhere I go, always on my mind, in my heart, in my soul

  • The logic of love is that you love, in order to be loved in return

  • Find ways to express and share love on an even deeper level

Fun Fact Trivia:

Grammy award winning songwriter, David Foster, reached out to Peter Cetera (lead singer of Chicago) because a certain artist wanted a love song written by him. Peter and David immediately came up with a chord structure. Peter finished “Your my Inspiration” while he was in Italy, but the artist passed on it. Who was that artist?

Answer: Kenny Rogers

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Love is the greatest adventure!

~LaDena

Certified Life Coach

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