GAH, why did I say yes to this?!

the things you do for love 💗 ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ A while back, I saw a voice memo pop up on my phone. OH!! It’s Liz Gilbert!! Liz and I have been friends for years now. As you might imagine, she’s one of the easiest humans to fall in friend love with. 💖 We’ve shared so many laughs and meals and we run into each other at spiritual retreats (unplanned!), and all I can say is that I adore her. [Liz and I have shared so many laughs and meals!] 👆 Me and Liz REALLY enjoying pizza in NYC 🍕 I mean, why get just one pizza when we can get two?? Anyway, I listened to her voice memo. She asked if I was willing to be part of a project she created over on Substack, called “Letters From Love.” Not really knowing much about Substack, or fully understanding her project (yet!), I said, “OF COURSE, Liz! I adore you and anything you need, I’m in!” Fast forward a few weeks. My deadline was approaching. I needed to actually do the thing I’d promised Liz. I logged onto Substack and began to devour Letters From Love. “Oh God. This is SO GOOD!” Moved to tears at my desk. 😭😭😭 Then, I watched some of the other guests and their letters. More tears. But now, we add in terror… My brain panicked. “Everyone else’s are SO GOOD. Mine’s gonna suck!! GAH, why did I say yes to this?!?!” 😳😳😳 The deadline is tomorrow. Anxiety city. Nerves up the wazzo. So, I went to dance class. Came home, sat down and let Love tell me exactly what it wanted me to know. You know what? I’m SO glad I did, because Love ❤️ had some pretty important things it wanted me (and maybe you) to hear! Here’s the scoop. If you want to check it out, [you can watch me here on video]( as I read my very personal Letter from Love. Or if you just wanna read it, here you go! Dear Love, what would you have me know today? Oh little chipmunk, you are terrified by this, aren’t you? Trying so very hard to get everything right, and to do a good job and it’s all just so exhausting, isn’t it? But what I really want you to know is that you’re already so loved. You don’t have to work so hard, to push so hard, to perform so hard for it. Maybe what is most important is for you to feel me, that I’m with you all the time. And if you slow down just 5 percent and feel me you’ll have so much more fun. And fun is one of the things you love most. I want you to have even more of it and it’s the reason you’re here. But you often hold that back from yourself too — another thing you need to earn and work for. By the way, none of this is your fault. You were taught and conditioned to work as hard as you do, and in many ways it’s served you. But there is so much more joy and magic available to you, and so much more that will come through you if you allow me a bigger place in your daily life. You’re afraid to love as big as you feel because in the past, you know that sometimes when you love really big you get hurt. So mistakenly, you thought: best to keep my head down and my heart protected because all that hurt wasn’t fun. I’m not going to be stupid and keep making the same mistakes. But chipmunk, what you really need to know and trust is that the bigger you love, the more fun your life will be in every way. You’re going to get hurt no matter what. It’s okay. That’s what you signed up for when you decided to come back into a body. But you chose this life, this expression, this specific adventure because you wanted to taste and share and beam joy. That was the intention. When you’re afraid to love people as big as you do, you’re holding yourself back from your real mission as an earthling. So let yourself feel me. Let yourself share me. Let me flow through you even more. See how much you can be a vessel for me wherever you go. It will all be so much more fun doing it this way. And look, if it’s not, you can always go back to the more “safe” version. Deal? Good. Now go ahead and let me work my miracles on you, through you, and with you. Don’t worry so much. It’ll all be fine — and yes, even fun. I encourage you with all my heart to go check out [Letters From Love]( Liz Gilbert’s beautiful Substack. That is not an affiliate link nor do I get anything by sharing this. Hand over heart — this gorgeous writing practice is SO transformative that I truly think you’ll love it! Thank me later ;) In fact, you can start this practice right now, {NAME}. Pull out your journal and a gel pen. Set a timer for 15 minutes. Then, as Liz so gently encourages us, give this prompt a go… Dear Love — What would you have me know today? It might seem impossible at first, but I promise — if you’re gentle and curious and willing, you and your heart will thank you for what comes through. 💗 XO Marie P.S. Was your first thought, “I’d love to… but I do NOT have 15 minutes to do this 😫 I’M TOO FREAKIN’ BUSY!!!” I get it, {NAME}. But you know something? You do not have to live that way anymore. 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