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A photo from 2007 from the post I felt drawn to go back and send some love to.
Today in Be Your Own Beloved we’re doing an activity that feels really powerful to me and while normally I keep the content of courses private (as thats the fun of being in the class and getting each day’s secret mission in your inbox) today my intuition is telling me that it might be useful to others too. That this one needs to be shared.
Something really magical happens in these e-courses that we do in community.
We rise up and support each other.
We see the best in one another.
We listen to each others tender stories and hold space for them.
So today in class, I’m asking the participants to notice the way that they have been offering such incredible kindness towards one another and then gifting that kindness to themselves.
I often feel like taking a self-portrait can be like sending a message to our future selves. That even though sometimes we might not see our amazingness in the moment, when we look back at them we see much clearer. That we are creating these breadcrumbs on the map of our story that we can look back on and look in our own eyes.
Another way in which I feel like we can visit our past selves and give them love is of course blogging! When I think about how long I’ve been blogging (a decade) and how showing up in those posts along the way felt good in the moment, but now…all these years later…it gives me such a beautiful roadmap of how I got to today and that todays post might be meaningful to a future me.
So I have a dare for you today fellow bloggers.
Your dare is this:
Go back in your archives. 1 month, year, 2 years, 10 years…really however long you feel drawn to. Perhaps to a post that felt really vulnerable. Or maybe one that left you not feeling seen, or one that people didn’t comment on. Or maybe the post that felt like it was the point where you had a big realization or shift.
Then leave yourself a comment and gift yourself with the kindness that you would offer others. Tell her what you now know these years/months later. Tell her she’ll be okay or that you love her or that you are proud of her…whatever you feel drawn to do in the moment. Maybe you could go back to the first post you ever wrote or perhaps there will be a post that will come to mind.
Do this just for you (but if you feel drawn to share your experience of it, i’d love to know how it was….feel free to leave a comment or you could use the course hashtag #beyourownbeloved on twitter to share your experience of the activity).
Lets go gift ourselves with the kindness that we so freely offer others.