To Myself: I Love You
This is what Donovan brought home from school a few weeks ago and it touched my heart. How often do we write love notes to ourselves? Or thank you notes? Or any kind of letter that is filled with love, appreciation and affection? Maybe Donovan wasn’t really thinking of himself like that. Maybe he was just not sure who to address the note to, so he chose himself. But wouldn’t it be so cool to just treat ourselves the same way we treat others. To love ourselves without the fear of judgment or pride creeping in? Speaking to a group of young adults, President Russell M. Nelson has said, “The way you think about who you…are affects…every decision you will make.” So, how do you think about yourself? I know I wrote a little bit ago about my solo retreat last fall, but I reflect on that experience a lot and what it did for me. What I think about this most is how much I came away from that experience realizing how much I like myself. That feels so wrong to ...
