A Letter to Self

In many of our workshops, events and retreats, we often include the crafting of a special letter—one written to yourself. It's a letter drafted as if your innermost self were whispering secrets to your outer self, across the bridge of time. This has always proven to be an invaluable treat, as the stream of consciousness of the awakened Self is given space to share Its insights and wisdom. (Read on to see the letter I wrote to myself as prepared to embark on my solo trip across Canada).

Today is May 11th, 2025. When you read this letter, I will have already spoken to you of my travels across Canada in my truck, Susie Tacoma. I already anticipate that my life on the road will be full of adventures, insights and deepening wisdom. I can’t wait to share it all with you! Yet, as I look forward and plan, I realize that my weekly article or vlog will require attention during the week of my homecoming, and I anticipate that I may need something prepared ahead of time - "just in case". What a great opportunity to share my letter-writing practice with you, then!

Sunset Surprise

First, let's start by getting ourselves some loose paper, a pen and an envelope. Then, let's take a few moments of silent contemplation to "drop in" to our "heart space". In that meditative space, your Higher Wisdom Self is always waiting for you. The Intelligence of the Universe is within you, guiding you, each and every day. Any doubts and fears we may encounter come from our ego's belief in lack and limitation. The messages in your heart space will not tell those kinds of tales. This is how we can discern the difference. The stories our minds make up are a mixed bag of jangling messages. The wellspring of information from our hearts is always loving and affirmative.

Once you have dropped down, deep into your heart space, find words of encouragement and wisdom that you want to share with your future self. I will do the same; right here and now. Write those words to yourself in the form of a letter, and when you are done, put the letter in the envelope and set it aside until you feel compelled to read it at some future date. (I will read mine the week of September 22nd).

By the way, this is how I journal to myself, daily. One of my favourite wisdom teachers, Emma Curtis Hopkins, said there is Power in reading, writing and speaking "higher truths". She taught that to do so will change us from the inside out, over time. Our lives cannot help but to then reveal the demonstrations of this determined way of thinking.

Massey, Ontario

May 11th, 2025

Dear Jill,

By the time you read this letter you will have been driving many hundreds of miles across Canada. I know you have a clear intention to see parts of this country that are waiting for you, but most of all, to be in the inspiration of each moment; driving in a direction that has pulled you, going only the distance that calls you, each and every day. What a joy and an opportunity. It has taken determination to hold fast to this idea, and I can only imagine there will be days that the road ahead seems far. But, hold fast to this wisdom.

It is never about the destination. The journey is the point of life as it mirrors your inner journey. The changing landscapes you are witnessing reflect the shifting landscapes within you. Each new vista, each unfamiliar town, each unexpected encounter, is an invitation to discover more of who you truly are.

How are you spending this moment? Are you taking the opportunity to be quiet within yourself, and to find the gift of nature where you are now? Have you stopped long enough to smell, feel, and hear all that surrounds you? Are you seeing the gift in every person, and in yourself? Resistance to what is happening creates suffering. When plans change, when weather shifts, when the unexpected occurs - these aren't obstacles to your journey, but integral parts of it.

Tobermory, Ontario

Remember that this journey is also teaching you about impermanence. Nothing stays the same - not the road beneath your wheels, not the sky above, not even your own thoughts and feelings. Embracing this truth is liberating. Be fully in this moment now.

You and Susie will be home now. You will have many tales to tell, I am sure.

As I sit here at my computer in the yoga room, I am noticing the trees have just leafed out in bright, new, delicate colour. The garden growth is small and only showing tell-tale signs of what is yet to come. While you've physically left your garden behind, you're tending to the garden of your spirit with every mindful kilometre. Take time to write as you capture the wisdom of where each day finds you. It will be the fertile ground on which each day expands.

Pronghorn in Consul, Saskatchewan

Upon your return the garden will be madness, but, like I said, the difference isn’t the point. How you are spending this moment is the gem of life. Breathe it all in now, and know you are in the right place at the right time. I love you and support you all the way.

Love, love, love… remember the gift you are.

North Lake Superior