A Love Letter – It’s Not Just for the One You Love, It’s for YOU Too!

Here is an article that I wrote for a blog last week. Bear with me, after you read the one I wrote for the blog keep going and find out what I discovered.

For Valentine’s Day Give the Real Gift of Love AND It’s FREE – By Susan Birmingham

Thinking of what to give your loved one for Valentine’s Day?  Think back to when you first met.  How did you feel when your first saw him?  When did you know that you loved him?  When did you know “he” was the one?  What were the feelings you had?  What thoughts were running through your mind?  Let him know how you feel on the most celebrated “love” day, Valentine’s Day.

Once you have reminded yourself why you married him now give him the greatest gift – a love letter.  Yes, write your special someone a love letter.  All you need are your thoughts, memories, feelings, paper and pen.  This is a gift from the heart and it is absolutely FREE, costs you nothing and gives you both everything.

Let him know what he does that curls your toes.  Let him know how you feel when you think about him now.  Tell him what he means to you in your life.  Tell him all the things you may have never said but have thought and felt.  Make this Valentine’s Day the best one you have ever had, that’s what love can and will do for you if you let it.  So go ahead, throw caution to the wind, spill you guts and really let him know that he is your One and Only!  Seal it with a kiss and give it to him with a hug.  You are both going to reap the benefits!
At the beginning of the week I shared this article with one of my coaches during our session.  Ironically enough I was working on my own self-esteem and how I have been keeping myself from becoming more visible and taking my business to the next level.

As I wrote the above article I was thinking about when I first met my husband and fell in love, the same feelings flooded me as though it had just happen.  But it didn’t, I met and fell in love with my husband eighteen years ago.  That is how powerful JUST THE THOUGHT OF LOVE IS.

In order to move me forward my coach suggested that I write a love letter to myself.  Let myself know how much I love me and what I think about me – WOW, I had never thought of that before.

The quality of all our relationships are directly related to how we feel about ourselves.  So I agreed to do it.

What would it be like to tell myself how much I love me?  To let me know how much I love all the things I do?  To really write how I feel about who I am?  WHAT WOULD I WRITE?  It is easy for me to tell myself all the things that I do wrong and how I have failed.  So I put it off until today.

The result was not an ego trip, it was a deep appreciation for the woman that I have become over the years and that I am today.  I gave myself permission to acknowledge who I am, what I do and how I live my life.   This was an eye opener, a great exercise and a tremendous esteem booster.

Surprisingly enough once I wrote the first few sentences it was amazing how much I had to say.  There is something that is transformative about being able to acknowledge and love yourself.

When you love yourself you are able to love others and to be loved.

When was the last time you wrote a love letter?

Have you ever written one to yourself?

How would you feel if you received a love letter from the one you love?

Try it, write one and see what happens.  I would love to hear from you, share your story with me.