Self-Love Challenge Day 23

Gratitude to Self:

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States and we are likely going to be sharing what we are grateful for with each other. The self-love challenge today is for you to write a letter to yourself, expressing what you are grateful for within you. Express your gratitude towards where you are, who you are, how you are, and show yourself appreciation. While you are writing the letter, you may hear your inner critic expressing their opinion to you, mine did! I recommend that you tell the inner critic that you will keep her/his advice in mind, but that for now you are appreciating yourself anyway.

Here is an example from my own gratitude letter to myself. I kept my inner critic contributions out of my final letter, but wrote one down here, in case you can relate.

Dear Elisa,

Thank you for being you. Thank you for showing up. Thank you for taking the time to create the self-love challenge, for hosting it, and most of all, for committing to doing every challenge you post. Thank you for the new and healthier choices you are making in your life.  Thank you for the daily meditation. [To which the inner critic said, you skipped it yesterday] Thank you for saying yes to spending the weekend away at friends’ house and for having fun. ...

Elisa

If you need additional inspiration to write the letter, breathe deeply, and connect with your heart space before you start writing it. This is the time for you to show appreciation for your own self. Have fun with it. If you feel like it, write a hand-written letter and actually mail it to yourself. I’m mailing the one I wrote to myself later today.

For those who celebrate, Happy Chanukah! And do expect miracles to happen.