Letters from Love

Write a letter from love. Begin your letter with this question: “Dear Love, What would you have me know today?” And then let love itself write a letter to you. Trust that you are worthy of this compassion and affection. And trust—please trust, my friend—that every word of your letter is true. — Elizabeth Gilbert

The idea is to essentially build love for yourself through writing the letter from the perspective of Love instead of using the perspective of your everyday self. When you love yourself it is much easier to love life and others.

It's easy for a professional writer like Elizabeth Gilbert to write stuff and take other perspectives and voices in their writing but not all of us have those skills and talents. Also, if you're not used to speaking to yourself with love and positivity it can be very uncomfortable or even impossible due to mental blocks.

Some people may find they are blocked when attempting to say nice things to themselves even if they try to take the perspective of Love or some may have trouble taking the perspective at all. When I was younger it felt so strange, awkward and uncomfortable to me to say nice things about myself. It was like a foreign language.

I used to struggle with writing. Some years ago I read a book called The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. One of the techniques in the book was to write Morning Pages where you write 3 longhand pages about anything that comes to mind first thing in the morning. They are not meant to be read by others so you can be free to speak your mind without worrying about grammar, spelling or what anyone else may think.

Writing Morning Pages for such a long time helped me express the stream of consciousness flowing through my mind. Sometimes the words I wrote really surprised me and I have a sense they did not come from the everyday me. Plus (and I know we're not supposet to say it out loud... but) I do really love myself so writing a letter from Love is quite fun and natural for me.

If you like the idea of getting a letter from Love but are struggling to get started or are just not in the right frame of mind I can write a letter from Love for you. The words may simply just help you feel a bit better if only for a little while. Hopefully, the letter can help you get started with writing your own letters from Love and on the path to developing your own wonderful, loving relationship with yourself.

If you would like to make a payment for the service you can buy me a coffee. However, if you truly can't afford it then just give a smile to a stranger or your heartfelt appreciation to a bird singing or your thanks to the sun for its energy or some other random act of kindness.