Did you receive a beautiful Valentine message in the mail today? Do you wish you had? I have a suggestion for you to get the perfect Valentine that only one person can send you. That one person is YOU!! You spend more time with yourself than anyone else but you probably spend very little time building a positive relationship with yourself.
So here is the invitation. Turn off your cell phone, turn off the TV, find a quiet comfortable place to sit down for 15 minutes with pen and paper in hand. Now, you are going to write a yourself a message of love. Yes, a love letter to YOU!
This is a chance to focus on all the positive things about yourself. Write about why you are proud of who you are, the traits you love about you, and why you are a beautiful person. What are the messages you have always wanted to hear from someone? Tell yourself these things because you are the one who knows them the most. You probably have never wanted to say them because that might seem arrogant. Be sure to include these because this is only self-love not arrogance. Think about how strong and resilient you have been to make it through life’s tough situations and struggles.
This is a freewriting exercise, so let whatever comes to mind make its way onto the page. You can keep a couple of prompts in front of you, if you wish, such as: What do you want yourself to know? What have you done well this past year and in life? What are the things that have challenged you? What are you looking forward to?
Finally, ask yourself what you love about you, as if you were writing a love letter to someone else, but in this case the subject is YOU!
