A Love Letter to Myself

Yesterday I was feeling a little down. All of the weight of the world seemed to rest on my shoulders, and I was feeling my heart beginning to harden. I started thinking about, “Why don’t they do this?” or “Why is it always me?” and I could feel my emotions beginning to spiral. I decided, “I’m going to write down all of the things that I think need correcting”. And so, I took out my notepad and opened a new note.

I wasn’t sure yet what I was going to actually SAY, but I knew it was going to be something. Something life changing. But, a little voice inside my head whispered…..

Ohhhhhh, Oprah…… You are so right

I chose to write a love letter to myself. I was going to take all of the negative feelings and turn them into things that would make me feel good. After all, I know that a practice of gratitude would re-wire my brain in a positive way and help me be more receptive to all of the positivity. Could a love letter to myself provide the same benefits? The answer is YES.

The mind is a fertile garden – it will grow anything you wish to plant – beautiful flowers or weeds. And it is with successful, healthy thoughts or negative ones that will, like weeds, strangle and crowd the others. Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind, for they are the weeds that strangle confidence.

Bruce Lee

I thanked myself for a lot of mundane things. I listed what and who I love. I praised myself in ways I have craved to hear. I decided that I would acknowledge all of the beautiful things about myself, to see if I could indeed plant beautiful flowers in my mind.

When I was finished, I realized I should practice this more often. This seems like such a silly thing to do, but I really felt a whole lot better about myself and the situations that had been bringing me down. And I was proud of the results and the increase of positive energy. I feel that if I had just completed my list of gripes or accusations that I would have just attracted more of the same energy. But my love letter to myself actually gave me energy. Try it! Let me know your experience.