i got an email from myself
If you were around the Grit a year ago, you may receive an email from yourself at some point today.
Many of you wrote emails to your future selves last New Year’s Eve which would automatically be sent to you this New Year’s Eve.
I got mine.
And I read it with tear-filled eyes.
Here’s a little glimpse inside:
i look down at my wrist: nothing missing, nothing broken. when i feel nothing BUT broken, those words can easily seem like a taunt. but i know they are salve for my hurting heart. i know they are laced with hope and promise, even when i don’t see it.
i want to be whole.
forget everything else that i need to figure out; put aside all my other life aspirations and to-do lists for 2009. i simply want to be whole-er.
And I know this much is true: I am whole-er than I was a year ago. Maybe not by much. And maybe not as whole as I would like to be.
But by the grace of God, I am whole-er.
Did you get an email from yourself? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
And maybe you want to write a new email to your next-year self. Next New Year’s Eve, you’ll be glad you did.
Happy 2010, friends!
Been thinking about you. A LOT. :) I didn’t send myself an email, but I wish I would have. Been wondering all day what I was thinking about last year on this day …
@gritandglory says:
do it today then!!!
i’m hoping to be out in CO in march… i want to hug you.
@PrudyChick says:
I’m new to G&G. I sent an email to my future self. I’m sure I’ll forget about it in a few months time. Amazing what I can put down there that I can’t say to people.
@maryjohess says:
I did it this year. I’m nervous. What if I don’t meet my own expectations? Ugh. But I want to try to do better this year. I want to.
such a good idea!!
I just went and sent myself an e-mail. This should be fun to look back at in a year. I am excited to see all that this year holds!
mine would be intense. probably because of all that will happen this year. but i have no expectations, no idea what will go down, or how. i think i’m going to try to walk into this year with open arms, and an open heart… and go from there.
I sent myself an e-mail last year! It was really cool to get today. I was amazed at how God answered the prayers I prayed for myself a year ago today.
I wrote last year’s e-mail with some fear – do I want to mention this or that, because what if it doesn’t happen/doesn’t work out? But to see God’s handiwork in a year’s time…awesome.
I already wrote myself one for next year. Again, a little nervous – “What if recording happy memories makes me sad in a year because it’s been a tough year?” – but it’ll be cool to read no matter what.
@atangie says:
I honestly cannot remember! hmmm… well, it will be a nice surprise if I do get one. :o) \
It is amazing to me how honest and truthful you can be to yourself. You are a good example to us all, Alece. Thank you for being a woman of integrity.
Oooh, I remember this. I didn’t do it, but now I wish I had. I’m going to do it this time.
letter: sent.
my heart, although lacking a large vocabulary, says thank you. very very much.
@bajanpoet says:
Like some above, I’m newer here than most, so I didn’t know about it last year. I did it this year… and yes, there is some nervousness, but I am declaring things over my future self that I am expecting God to do… so no fear – just FAITH! In Jesus’ name!
Thank you for your authenticity, your openness. I have been challenged that I put too much of myself out on the word wide web, but if what I write does half of what you have written for me – I would have achieved a lot.
THANK YOU.
@danielleH says:
very cool.
i didnt send myself one. i dont think, i dont remember…i hope it didnt get lost in my junk mail. hmmm…i’ll have to do that this year.
i love you. thanks for always being encouraging.
happy new years, friend. miss you. love you.
I got mine. 2009 ended different than I thought it would…but I was encouraging to myself in the email. I thought I would be moving on…but here I am…and happy to be here.
Love ya…Happy New YEAR! :) Wonder if this will hit just at the 12:00 mark….as it is 11:59 now…
one minute early……
How funny… I didn’t write an email to myself last year, but my focus in 2009 was also to get wholer, as you call it. I heard God loud and clear calling me to drop all the other ‘good’ stuff I was doing, and all my aspirations for myself and my life. My husband and I separated in Dec 08, and I just felt like my life was collapsing. But in 2009 I followed God’s lead, and focused on letting him heal me, through a great recovery program and intense counseling. A year later, I am by no means totally healed, but I have hope and I can see changes. I am wholer :)
Thank your for your honesty, reading your blog is always a pleasure.
Happy New Year Alice!
I get an e-mail from my creaking bones every morning to remind me I am one day older. :)
For me 2009 was such a great year all I want is for the new year to bring me more of teh same.
I hope you find the spirit to live 2010 with the zeal of a confident faith.
I got an email from myself. I had listed five goals and I accomplished 3.5 of them.
I’ve already written myself two more emails that I’ll get in 364 days :)
@mandythompson says:
OH wow. Those words were powerful.
I just wrote an email to myself for next year…. whew…. Thank you for this idea. I can’t wait to read the letter written from where I sit right now.