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01-19-2016, 02:44 PM
Loving ourselves and others has become a lost art.
I firmly believe we should all write love letters to the people we care about, the most important person being ourselves.
This is a love letter to my most devoted friend: my inner child.
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When I meet myself, this is what I will say.
You were there the day my spirit found a body and you will be there the day I leave it.
You are the only one who can see the world in the exact way I see it, every shade of green, every particle of light.
You understand me completely and I never have to explain myself because you allow me to simply exist in the ways I choose to exist.
You are capable of making me happier than anyone I have ever encountered.
I love you.
I love brushing your teeth, I love washing your body, I love feeding you the foods I know you like. You sit with me at every meal, tasting everything in the exact way I taste it. Smelling the redwoods and the wet moss no different from how I smell it. Without saying a word, you know what I feel when my toes make contact with water that is much colder than I anticipated. You know exactly how my heart swells when I receive love and the way it deflates when I experience rejection.
You are the only one who will be there when everything seems misaligned and in moments of hopelessness you sit there at the bottom of the well with me, no words exchanged, no words needed. You get me.
When I am fulfilled, you are there as my most enthusiastic fan, jumping up and down for joy at the mere sight of my happiness.
I love walking through forests with you just as much as I love methodically chopping onions with you. You know when I am too hot the minute I begin to sweat. You agree with me when someone is treating me poorly and encourage me to stand tall.
You've been through every tear drop with me, every heart ache, every second of grief. We have felt discomfort together in places that were all too unfamiliar. You have encouraged me to keep moving forward, keep going, instilling me with faith every step of the way.
I love a lot of people but the one I love most is you. You know everything about me and have not left me or ran away screaming.
I love everything about you even though sometimes you drive me crazy.
I love that you exist, I love that you are here.
I love that you are the only person I can truly say understands everything about me and brings me true happiness whenever i want it.
I am in awe of you for all that you are and all that you're not.
I apologize for any of the times I have withheld love from you or caused your cells to contract. I am sorry for all the times I have neglected your needs because I was too scared I would fail at fulfilling them and handed you off to someone else. I apologize for the times I have not been kind.
I thank you for always understanding why I do the things I do and never holding anything against me. I thank you for this unconditional love that no one else can provide.
If it's true that 600 billion souls are waiting for a body, I am so happy we met and ended up in this one.
I am never alone because you will always be here. I am always loved because you will always love me. I will never be misunderstood because you understand everything about me.
Let's play together in the field beyond right and wrong. Let's fall when we need to fall and let go when we need to let go.
I love you, you beautiful person. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=terms.html/) It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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I firmly believe we should all write love letters to the people we care about, the most important person being ourselves.
This is a love letter to my most devoted friend: my inner child.
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-01-19-1453166820-8436143-FullSizeRender6-thumb.jpg (http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-01-19-1453166820-8436143-FullSizeRender6.jpg) Picture by author.
When I meet myself, this is what I will say.
You were there the day my spirit found a body and you will be there the day I leave it.
You are the only one who can see the world in the exact way I see it, every shade of green, every particle of light.
You understand me completely and I never have to explain myself because you allow me to simply exist in the ways I choose to exist.
You are capable of making me happier than anyone I have ever encountered.
I love you.
I love brushing your teeth, I love washing your body, I love feeding you the foods I know you like. You sit with me at every meal, tasting everything in the exact way I taste it. Smelling the redwoods and the wet moss no different from how I smell it. Without saying a word, you know what I feel when my toes make contact with water that is much colder than I anticipated. You know exactly how my heart swells when I receive love and the way it deflates when I experience rejection.
You are the only one who will be there when everything seems misaligned and in moments of hopelessness you sit there at the bottom of the well with me, no words exchanged, no words needed. You get me.
When I am fulfilled, you are there as my most enthusiastic fan, jumping up and down for joy at the mere sight of my happiness.
I love walking through forests with you just as much as I love methodically chopping onions with you. You know when I am too hot the minute I begin to sweat. You agree with me when someone is treating me poorly and encourage me to stand tall.
You've been through every tear drop with me, every heart ache, every second of grief. We have felt discomfort together in places that were all too unfamiliar. You have encouraged me to keep moving forward, keep going, instilling me with faith every step of the way.
I love a lot of people but the one I love most is you. You know everything about me and have not left me or ran away screaming.
I love everything about you even though sometimes you drive me crazy.
I love that you exist, I love that you are here.
I love that you are the only person I can truly say understands everything about me and brings me true happiness whenever i want it.
I am in awe of you for all that you are and all that you're not.
I apologize for any of the times I have withheld love from you or caused your cells to contract. I am sorry for all the times I have neglected your needs because I was too scared I would fail at fulfilling them and handed you off to someone else. I apologize for the times I have not been kind.
I thank you for always understanding why I do the things I do and never holding anything against me. I thank you for this unconditional love that no one else can provide.
If it's true that 600 billion souls are waiting for a body, I am so happy we met and ended up in this one.
I am never alone because you will always be here. I am always loved because you will always love me. I will never be misunderstood because you understand everything about me.
Let's play together in the field beyond right and wrong. Let's fall when we need to fall and let go when we need to let go.
I love you, you beautiful person. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=terms.html/) It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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