"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..." Forget about it - it’s been done! While Elizabeth Barrett Browning sure knew how to get to the heart of things with her famous love poem, all she really did was express to her beloved what was in her heart, using words that were comfortable for and meaningful to her.

You may have the idea that you need to change your natural speech when you write a love letter - but to use words in a way that you normally wouldn’t, will probably make your love letter sound inauthentic, or like it was written by someone else. Being open and honest about how you feel, in your own words - that’s the language of love and romance.

Sometimes all you need to get started is a little nudge, an idea or a phrase that opens your heart, just a crack, and starts the flow of expression. That’s where we come in. For this Discovery Love Letter exercise, begin by closing your eyes, and taking a slow, deep breath. Open your eyes, and then use your intuition to click on three symbols or words from the page. Each selection will bring up two words or phrases. Look over the words and phrases you’ve intuitively selected, and choose two or three that you are most attracted to. For a deeper connection to how you feel and what you want to say, use our Connection Meditation or close your eyes for a minute and take a few slow, deep breaths.

When you are ready, open your eyes and immediately start typing in the space provided. As you write, don’t judge. Don’t say, "Oh, that’s sounds too needy," or "What if this scares them?" The idea is to write with passion, without thinking, as though you are not capable of holding back - and as though rejection in any form is not a possibility.

You may want to use the words and phrases you’ve chosen in your love letter, or you may simply use the feeling they create to prompt you to write. Once the words and ideas in your heart have been written down, that’s a love letter! You may send it immediately by copying and pasting what you have written into an email note. Expressing your love intuitively and then sending the note immediately is our idea of romance. We know it can be scary to unabashedly bare your heart to someone else. There is an intrinsic risk that goes with that. However, that risk of laying your heart open to another is what gives your love letter its power, and what will make it so cherished.

If you want to save your love letter, but send it at a later date, simply email it to yourself. You can also choose to print your work, in case you’d rather continue working on it or reproduce it in your own handwriting.