Self Love Letters
Write a Love Letter to Yourself | Man on the Street
Self Love Letters
Dear Alexandra,
You are one the greatest people I know. You are so kind, and your smile lights up any room you walk into. You have been through a lot. Life hasn't been easy but you have handled everything with grace and you have proven many people wrong with your courage. You love with all your heart, and it is a joy just to know you. Don't ever forget how special and important you are. And when life gets hard, do what you have always done, smile and persevere through.
Alison,
I love you.
I know we don't talk much, because you never find the time, but you're a really cool person. You are shy quiet and a good listener, but when I really got to know you, you started to act like the crazy weird happy person you really are. I know a lot of things are going on now, and you feel like CRAP (XD) but just know it will get better. I'll always be there for you :) and SEE I can make stupid funny little jokes like you do :P You are still 12, you have your whole life ahead of you. Stop acting like the life you never even got to live is already over. Stop glancing at the past and start moving on to the future. When you walk away, Ali, don't you dare look back. Know that if you keep doing that, you'll never move on. Your heart is metaphorically decaying inside you. Now stop crying and do something about it! I hope you take my advice, and become who deep down, you already are....
Your Old Friend,
Alison =)
Dear Milo,
I'm not always the best to you, physically or emotionally, and I'm sorry about that. I'm trying my hardest. There's a lot of things I like about you, though. I like your compassion for those who need it most. I love your sense of humor and your creativity. I love how passionate you are about your hobbies and how you enjoy learning so much. I love how you're learning to make friends, especially since that's always been difficult for you. I adore your emotional range and your pretty hands and your poofy, ridiculous hair. I think your laugh is one of the best sounds in the world. Thanks for being a work-in-progress, sweetie. You're the only one I've got.
Love, Milo
Dear Missy,
Like your favorite quote, "the very things that bring you down are doing to be the things that lift you up", your life has been full of so many mountains that sometimes it can be hard to realize that even when you are stuck at rock bottom, you will rise again to the peak. It's who you are - someone who always climbs, always tries, and never gives up. And I love you for that. I love you for your determination, your headstrong nature, and your deeply sensitive personality. I love that you can be lighthearted but at the same time a deep and serious thinker.
I know things can get you down easily, and part of life is figuring out how to love yourself even when you may not always feel like you belong. I know you dream of getting out of your life and going on an adventure, and maybe one day we will. But for now, you will continue to climb and continue to be the strong girl you are.
And for that, I love you.
-Me <3
Dear Holli,
I know that life hasn't turned out the way we planned. We don't have that College Degree, or that awesome world saving job, we aren't married or have those kids we planned on. Life really hasn't been that easy for us, and I know lately your confidence and sense of self has been shaken. So I wanted to let you know, I see you. I see what an amazing and ambitious woman you are. I see how stubborn you are and how hard you work to not let your past define you. And I admire you so much. You have so much potential and so much to give. Those voices that are telling you that you will always be a victim and that you are worthless are so not true. Even though its not always shown you are loved. You are Irreplaceable. Without you life would be a little less bright and a little less magical. You look at yourself as see only problems, I look at you and see potential. You look at yourself and see blemished skin and a body marred with scars. I look at that same body and see a story of survival, those scars are battle stars testament to your will to live. So don't give up. I'm not going to lie and say that its not going to get harder before it gets better but this I do know.. It IS going to get better. And when you feel yourself losing focus or your will to keep going; I want you to take your hand and place it over your chest. Feel me beating? Let me be your purpose. You beautiful amazing awe inspiring woman I am blessed to be a part of you.
Sincerely Yours,
Your Buddy
Dear me,
I never give you the credit you deserve. You're smart and beautiful and kind and I know you'll always keep my secrets. You're the nicest person I know and even though you can be kind of a weird too. You stand up for yourself and others even with your insecurities. People may push you down but you always get back up. You're shy sometimes and don't know what true love is. You don't always turn your homework in but you pile guilt on yourself when you do. We don't get much alone time and I wish we had more. Your eyes are a beautiful color and you don't just let people in you drag them in and I love you for that.
Love, me
Dear me, good work on creating a better life and for trying so hard, even though at times it seems like the journey is rough and u feel so out of touch with people and u loved or u feel unloved or not cared for at all, but i'm here to say hey i think u'r wonderful, and i think u'r trying and doing enough even when everyone says u'r not, u are. i know often times u beat down on urself and u'r hard on urself, don't be. i know u can overcome these obstacles, and u will rise above. i love u. dont give up.
I loved this! It made me cry, but really need to take a step back and re-evaluate myself and realize the awesomeness.
While giving gifts to others - we can all remember to give ourselves a little more love, and it doesn't have to cost anything. We asked strangers on the street to write a love letter to themselves. Why don't you try it!
Writing a love letter to yourself, great way to be sure of what you like about you and what needs some work. Makes you think what would you like for others to appreciate about yourself. Those things you know are important to you, help you figure out what kind of people you want around.
i find this fascinating because i come from a culture that is so against any sort of 'self-love' or 'ego', and yet i see how wise this is.
Hey Soulpancake! I found this video the other day and suggested it for our class activity. Everyone thought it was strange at first, and even stranger when we asked them to read it out loud. Regardless, we made everyone read their letters. Even our homeroom teacher. It made us know our classmates better and brought happiness and laughter in our class. It made us realize that we really do have to love ourselves and the activity made us aware of who we really are. It brought out both smiles and tears and realizations. It's our last activity as a class since we're approaching summer vacation already, and I have got to say it was one of the most memorable moments of my life! Thank you so much for giving me the idea and bringing our class closer. :)
After a team conference call today, our take away 'homework' assignment for the week from our boss was to write ourselves a love letter. We have a motivational coach working with our team during this quarantine and he created the 'operation love letter' initiative. Although I fancy myself a decent writer, I immediately had a mind blockage and conducted a google search to get inspiration for how to start a love letter to myself. I was lucky enough to stumble on this video and I have watched it a few times over the course of my lunch break, sobbing the entire time. This really hits in the feels. It's a good perspective for someone like me, who came to the table to write about myself, but immediately could not because I thought the worst of myself. The lady who talked about having tea with herself; Early on when she acknowledged that she does not show herself the same compassion and love that she may show others, hit home. It's a great reminder that love begins within. Beautiful video, job well done for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=write+letter+to+yoursel+-+soul+pancake
https://www.developgoodhabits.com/
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