Speak Your Love: The Sixth Step in Becoming

Taylor & Lauren
3 days ago
3 min read

“Love is the bridge between you and everything.”

-Rumi

February arrives soft and bright, like a quiet promise - the kind that needs no fanfare, only presence. This month asks us to open our hearts - not just to receive love, but to give it freely, boldly, and imperfectly. To speak love is an act of becoming - not because the words are perfect, but because they’re yours. This month, we turn toward connection with others, with ourselves, with the world...and we let love speak through us.

Why We Speak Love

We are quick to think love is something we feel, not something we do. But love grows louder when you give it a voice - in a note left on the counter, in a smile at a stranger, and in the way you speak to yourself when no one is listening. Speaking love makes it real - it roots it in the world. It reminds the people (and even the places) you care about that they matter. It reminds you that you matter too.

When you speak love aloud, on paper, and in the smallest gestures, you create a bridge between yourself and everything around you. Love becomes a connection that runs in both directions: outward to others and inward to yourself. It softens you, strengthens you, and reminds you that you belong to something larger than just you.

You don’t have to know what to say perfectly. You only have to say it.

Speaking Love

Here is a quiet way to express love - to yourself or someone else - through a simple, intentional note.

What You’ll Need:

A notecard, piece of paper, or journal
A pen
An envelope (optional)

Steps:

1️⃣ Light a candle or take a few deep breaths.

2️⃣ Think of someone (or yourself) who needs love right now.

3️⃣ Write a note to them - it can be a letter, a list of things you appreciate, a single line, even just their name surrounded by words like “beloved,” “enough,” “seen.”

4️⃣ If it’s for yourself, tuck it somewhere safe.

5️⃣ If it’s for someone else, leave it where they’ll find it or mail it.

Journal Prompts

For deeper reflection:

Who in my life makes it easy to feel love?
How do I speak to myself? How can I make that voice softer, kinder?
What does love look like when no one is watching?

This month calls for scents that feel warm, tender, and comforting — like an embrace:

✨ Rose & Sandalwood - soft and grounding

✨ Vanilla & Cardamom - sweet and cozy

🖤 Use a spray, soap, or candle during your ritual or daily routine as a fragrant love note to yourself.

A couple of years ago during rehearsals for a Carnegie Hall performance, I (Lauren) was in a room full of singers from choirs all over the country. At one point, someone handed me a little folded note from another person I hadn’t even met yet. Inside, it said, “Your pants are absolutely the best! I can’t wait to make music with you!” It was such a small thing, but it completely made my day. It reminded me how just a few kind words - even to a stranger - can open a bridge between two people, and how easy it is to speak love into the world.

Love is not just what you feel - it’s what you say, what you do, and how you show up. It is the bridge between you and everything - between your heart and the hearts of others, and between your inner world and the outer one. This month, may you find ways to cross that bridge. Speak your love...to yourself, to those you hold dear, and to the world around you.

Love spoken aloud becomes a light that no darkness can put out.

We’re speaking it to you, too: You are loved. You are enough. You are everything.