BB wrote: I really liked the message about "love letters" and I totally agree that it warms your heart to receive one - so now I will write one :-)
A Love Letter
A real love letter is made of insight, understanding, and compassion. Otherwise it’s not a love letter. A true love letter can produce a transformation in the other person, and therefore in the world.
Thich Nhath Hanh: Reconciliation
When did you write your latest love letter? Maybe you never did, maybe just the thought of it seems difficult or even ridiculous.
A true love letter is not “romantic nonsense”, but a warm and open letter, filled with heartfelt care and understanding. It’s a letter you write to somebody who means a lot to you, and whom you want to tell just that. It may also be a letter dealing with an inconvenient truth, or an unsolved “issue”. An issue that you have not dared to talk about with a dear person, but that - if handled with insight, understanding, and compassion - can restore your friendship and help her grow.
Imagine you’d receive a real love letter - from your partner, your parent, your child or a good friend. Wouldn’t it be very special and fill your heart with gratitude to have someone in your life who cared enough about you to write such a letter?
I will sit down today, and write a love letter to someone close to me. Perhaps some of you will do that too…?
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