A Letter
[ 15 December 2009 ]
Hi cutie,
How are you doing? It’s very grey outside & 45 degrees. (That’s 7 to you & me.) I am distracting myself by looking at extremely overpriced dresses. You know how we do.
Anyway, I just wanted to write & tell you how amazing you are… in lieu of a Christmas card. ‘Cause “Happy Holidays” doesn’t sum up everything I have to tell you.
Okay, I know that sounds soppy, & this letter is not supposed to be a goop-fest, but it’s true & I wanted to remind you. Especially because I know you’re stressed out right now. So this is a, “Hello, you’re wonderful!” wake-up call.
I’m really proud of how far you’ve come this year. No year is perfect… I know 2009 has been difficult. It was hard on me too. We all had some crushing lows & our fair amount of anguish, but despite all that, I think you’ve done really well. Remember the start of the year, & how unsure you were about everything? This year has had so many moments of sickening instability but you have shown yourself to be a big glittering diamond every time. Every time!
Look at everything you’ve done! You have changed so many things about your life for the better. You’ve adopted new & more empowering attitudes, cut negative people from your life & achieved heaps.
Honestly, when you think about how you felt this time last year, & contrast that to how your life looks today, you’ll realise how well you’ve done. It has been magnificent to watch. You are so much stronger than you think you are. 2009 has been testament to that.
I’m glad you didn’t let people get you down this year. I know that sometimes people said or did things which shook your confidence & made you feel like you were walking a wobbly tight-rope, but I think you overcame it SO well. You haven’t let it shake your confidence in humankind & that is really beautiful.
My favourite thing about you is that you are living life YOUR way & doing the best you can. Your story is your own. You don’t allow other people to persuade you to give up your dreams. You have a shining vision for the future & you’re making little steps there every day. You don’t allow people who “don’t understand” to get you down, you just leave them behind in your glorious wake. You have faith that they’ll catch up when the time is right. It is so awesome & delicious.
I think that when you are doing important things, the universe will throw challenges at you to see how serious you are. If you give up, it obviously didn’t mean that much to you. The universe will give your dream to someone else. But you haven’t given up. You keep forging ahead. You are so lionhearted & full of love & hope.
Brave love warrior. Dream architect. Infatuation queen. Disco menace. Psychedelic ghoul. Bunnyhead genius. You are all these things & so much more.
You are such an inspiration to me & everyone around you! We are so glad you are here. You make us really happy.
I love you so much. Stay golden!
RADICAL self-love & stardust,
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That is sooo amazing! Thank you so much for writing that, I felt every single word.
Aaw!
This is so beautiful, thank you so much.
You are such an inspiration, to me and the world.
Thank you Gala, for making my 2009, two-thousand-and-divine.
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Gala, this is so much better than any old Christmas card. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Gala that was absolutely perfect!
It was JUST what I needed to hear.
Thankyou for inspiring me and for all that icing has done for me this year!
Thank you…this is so true. =)
Finding your website was one of the best things for me this year, honestly…it’s made me much happier and more positive, I don’t know how I’d have kept sane without it!
Hope you have the best holidays!
xoxo
I love this! This was stunning. (: I know if I wasn’t happier, that would have picked me up a lot.
A wonderful day to all my nonpareils and Ms. Darling!!
oh my, I had to read til the end to realize it was a letter from you to us, and not viceversa!
I thought a friend of you had written you this.
I would totally write you this.
Gala, YOU made my year so much better, YOU are making me a better, and a positive person.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
kisses
Gala, I love YOU so much! Thank you for being such a powerfully positive influence on my life.
Aw, that’s so sweet! Even though it is kind of a mush-fest. May I add to the list “Serendipitous Duckling”?
SERENDIPITOUS DUCKLING!!! Ooooof, yes!
Did you all listen to the recording & like the children cheering?
I put it in SPECIALLY!
Gala, when I read this I almost cried. Mostly because it was dead on. I LOVE that even though this letter was meant to reach a general public, you reached me on a personal level, and I’m sure everyone felt the same. I hope you know that we all feel the same about you. Thank you.
This was amazing Gala!
Awe, Gala this is so sweet, and it’s amazing how many readers will be able to connect to it personally, even though it’s for everyone. It was so touching as I have followed your advise this year and I fell 10,000x better right now than I did last December.
Thank you so much for your blog. You are truly inspiring.
^ ^Thanks, Gala. That was the perfect study-break letter to read. This will inspire my Christmas cards this year I think. Especially “Bunnyhead Genius.”Thanks Gala. 2010 is going to be MY year. I am going to be an unstoppable force of AWESOME.
WORD. I am with you 100%.
I completely agree with what Sylvia said. This really has been the year of challenges, but what is meant to be falls right into place.
Thank you SO much for writing this:D. Your writing continues to inspire me and the rest of the Galaverse. Love You!
I really needed this today…Thanks.
oh God Gala. perfect timing. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I just graduated from University in May and moved to Spain from the States. Im moving into my THIRD apartment in THREE months because of some crazy shit happening here and I can’t help but wonder from time to time “what the fuck am I doing here???” so thank you for this letter. you reminded me that I am living life my way and rather just sticking out shitty living situations in another country, I’m prevailing and rising above it to what is truly a reflection of me. too much? well you just made my day so I couldn’t help it! Thank you again and I really am looking forward to 2010. I’m going to make a goal list right now.
Psychedelic ghoul is SO going to end up written somewhere on my inspiration wall..
this was quite brill
aww, gala that was beautiful (: thank you so much! it was just what i needed to hear. 2009 has been a very hard, trying year for me & it’s still not over.
you are really one of my biggest inspirations right now
Wow Gala, thanks. I really felt like that was written just for me….
You could be a guest “voice of the universe”
What a lovely post! 2009 has been such a difficult year for so many people that I think everyone should give each-other a cheer for getting through it with our sanity and self-assurance intact!
I love psychedelic ghoul too, it would have been the perfect phrase to describe my look during my cybergoth days!
My favourite thing about you is that you are living life YOUR way & doing the best you can. Your story is your own. You don’t allow other people to persuade you to give up your dreams. You have a shining vision for the future & you’re making little steps there every day. You don’t allow people who “don’t understand” to get you down, you just leave them behind in your glorious wake. You have faith that they’ll catch up when the time is right. It is so awesome & delicious.
Beautiful!
That was great Gala, and so true on so many levels.
You are a real inspiration. Look at how many people look up to you! You are definitely one of my favorite people in the world. Keep up what you’re doing and cheers for an even more empowering 2010!
Dude. Are you trying to make me weepy? Because MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. ;)
WOw this sounds cliche of me but what you’ve written here is what i needed to hear. I’m in the midst of uni exams and I have been having trouble with one of the girls at work and last night I had a complete and total melt down. I love the part about not letting people who “don’t understand” get you down. The girl was giving me crap for the way I dress and do my hair and the ridiculously high shoes I like to wear. Anyway I admit her comments shook my confidence. So from now on if she does this to me I just need to remind myself that she is one of those people that “don’t understand” and maybe in the future she will understand. And, by not changing the ME I can be a testament to that place and thing of understanding that we’re all fabulous and different and unique in our own way. Love you gala and all the other inspirational girls and boys on here who share JOy and sparkles. Keep doing your thing! Be a lover not a hater!
xox
Staar
gala, i totally needed this, and probably have been for a long time. thank you.
Thank you, Gala.
tears streaming down my face
thank you gala. i don’t even care that these beautiful supporting words came from a stranger in one of my darkest hours.. just that you wrote those words and i think you mean it is enough for me
you addressed all of my fears and feelings perfectly.
Since I don’t really have any family or know anyone. This might be the only Christmas card I get. So thank you very much! Lolz!
You’re the best. Thanks!
Thank you so much! Beautiful message
Thank-you for writing this.
I tried so hard to pass my national exam for 3 years to become a massage therapist and it finally happened this year.
THANK YOU.
thank you for this gala.
thank-you. this was what i needed, having just woken up :)
Fantastic – thank you so much. Love you!
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
I appreciate it!
Like so many others here your posts always seem to come on the right day for me. I read this as a letter from you to you, and at the end I thought you were going to encourage us to write our own letter to ourselves. Which I am going to do, because an excellent exercise in loving myself no matter what seems like just the trick today.
Thank you for living so courageously and inspiring others to do the same :)
THANK YOU GALA.
Omigosh Gala, this is soppy but one of the bestest things about 2009 is that it’s the year I discovered this glorious blog and how crazy-inspiring you and all your non-pareils are! Thank you for this, and everything. For real. Also, HA! It made my day hearing your cute Kiwi accent (and the kids cheering!)
Oh gosh, I so needed something like that.
Thank you very much.
You are truly amazing Miss Gala.
Thank you Gala!
Thank YOU, Gala, for doing what you do…you inspire confidence in so many women like me who are trying to follow their dreams no matter what it takes! I really needed this today…..
This is perfect! Just what I need right now. :)
gala, i needed that today, xo
This felt so personal. Thank you. Thank you. You are such an amazing lick of frosting.
Thank you bringing a long overdue smile to my face =]
(i think reading this and hearing your strange composite american-new zealand accent in my head may have helped also =P)
I maaaay be crying because of how pertinent this is to me right now. Thankyou so much Gala. All that positivity right back at you!!! <3 xo
I actually started crying.
Oh I love you.
Gala, that was totally what I needed to read right now. More than you could know. Thank you.
What a COOL ACCENT! Great letter! Mwah mwah! Keep on spreading the love, my dear, you are doing a wonderful job at it already.
Your accent is beautiful.
Thank you so much This is exactly what I needed today x
Thank you so much Gala,
you seriously made my day so much better.
this letter is absolutely beautiful.
i wish i could give you a hug right now!
what a beautiful letter! :)
Gala, to echo what others have already said: you’ve posted this at what seems to be the perfect time. I’m nearly halfway through my finals week and already feeling gloomy and that, coupled with recent tragedies and pitfalls, has left me feeling less than spectacular. Your letter, just as your site has done since I came across it, has reminded me that my hopes and dreams for my future (as well as the present) should be just that: mine. While I haven’t lived up to living my life my way and doing the best for me, this has been a great reminder that the new year is just around the corner and the perfect chance for a fresh start. Self love is important above all else and I forgot that, so I thank you for that reminder.
Gala! This letter is actually the best thing I could have ever gotten on my 18th birthday today! Have you been stalking me? Thankyou so much
x
Thank YOU.
This time last year, I hadn’t even heard of blogging for anything else than a personal journal or a travel diary. I think your blog was one of the very first I discovered.
Discovering your blog and others like you, has been such an inspiration to me. I’ve started my own blog, and realized that there is so much more to life than I thought one year ago. Thanks to you and other inspirational blogs, I am a huge step closer to finding my passion and destiny in life.
I feel that I’m ready for a major change now, I have become more confident and most importantly, aware of the fact that nothing is impossible!
Thank YOU Gala!
Thank you Gala, I really needed this.
You are amazing! I really needed that.
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!
Gala, you nearly made me cry. That was exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you for being such a beautiful, sparkly inspiration to so many people – you make our lives better =) Love you a million! xx
Thank you heaps! I love you too, Gala! I couldn’t have done it all without you.
And we love you too, Gala!
Thank you for being such an inspiration, such a down-to-earth blogger, such an amazing gal. Thank you, honestly.
And happy holidays! :D
dearest Gala
thank you for your delightful letter. it meant alot to read all that. thank you for being a constant source of inspiration, for being daring and for being sparkly!!!
another thing – thank you for always being so positive about women (and men) and our capabilities. its so nice to read blog that isn’t negative, doesnt put people down and embraces difference.
love&glitter, maddie
Gala,
This made me cry. All-out sob like a baby.
2009 has been a crap year for everyone I know…and for me personally it’s been a nightmare. My boyfriend of 3 1/2 years decided he needed “space” so I had to move out of the house we bought, 6 months later the relationship is officially over. Work is stressful, I screwed up at school this semester (dropped 1 class, failed the other 2), and I’ve been looking forward to New Year’s Eve only because it means this year from hell is finally OVER.
This letter touched me in so many ways, I swear you’ve been camping in my head or something….I’m trying to leave the negative people behind – a few always manage to creep back in – and am realizing and trying to act on a dream that many people have tried to talk me out of before. I’ve already promised myself that I’m going to start living for ME, and not giving a damn about what anyone else has to say about it. (And I’m kicking off the year with skydiving on January 2nd – woo!)
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. I’m going to print it and tape it to my fridge, my mirror, bring it to my office….
With all the best…happy holidays to you, the Dish and Hank Williams!
Love,
Stephy
This is just what I needed.
Things have been shaking my faith in myself lately, but I need to learn to take it all in stride.
Your a glorious little pick-me-up, thank you so much for this little reminder.
Gala, damn, i wanna write this before i read all the other comments and get somehow influenced by them (though im quite sure everyone was touched by this).
Gala, you wonderful Gala, i’ve been reading you for the last 6 months more or less and this is one of the first times i comment cuz i really felt like i had to. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL LETTER. I dont know how you did it, but it really does describe my last year and you’ve made my eyes a bit sparkly, because you made me feel so much better about all the shit that happened, cause it’s true that i’ve got through all that in the best way possible. And im not that pathetic after all. Which is something i was slowly and creepily forgetting lately, due to certain unhappy circumstances.
Happy new year, Gala, i wish you good luck, a heart full of dolphins and a long long long and much longer writing career. Cant wait to see what we’ll read in the future ;)
As for me, i’ll take up my worldly wanderings again before february starts, and i’ll be great!
Honey-kisses,
I agree with all the other commenters – this article was much needed and completely amazing!! Thank you sooo much!!!
This was gorgeous & suited my situation well too! Things have been rough for us since moving, but we are getting ready to move into a new place right in the heart of things, and I have so many good plans for 2010 already. I just have this feeling that it’s going to be a FABULOUS year, but it wouldn’t be able to happen without all of the crap we went through this year. So yeah. Thanks.
Gala! Thankyou! This is like the love letters I get from the Universe – eerily spot-on to what I’m going through right now.
In the last 3 years YOU have been there for me when I’ve needed a push in the right direction – after my G’ma died, Blake had brain surgery & then we got cancer & then he got better and our relationship has just ended…I still feel like I don’t know where to go but you inspire me to keep on believing (even though sometimes it’s very hard) that things happen for a reason, that there’s better & bigger things in store for me.
I hope you are right.
Merry Xmas to you, Hank & The Dish! xxx
Aww, you’re the best Gala.
thanks gala, that totally made my day ! thank you a lot ! lots of love ! xoxo
GAH! fanx gala.as always exactly what i needed to hear, specially the call to arms about fighting for your dream or it will be given to some else (!!) you rawk like a mohawk. xo
After listening to this, I just sat their for a moment.
But then I realized I felt like I could FLY. It was an amazing feeling, and I’m hoping for a fabulous 2010!
that was so cuteeeeeee! i loved it. thanks gala!
Thanks Gala! I actually remember where I was right around this time last year: turning to your blog after an absolutely devastating breakup and you’re right…I never could’ve imagined what this year would bring and how deliciously things would turn out. I owe a lot of that to your inspiration.
Thank you, Gala.
Merry Christmas!
Gorgeous letter, Gala. It’s just what I needed
Dear Gala,
You are a beautiful person. I didn’t choose those words randomly; ‘beautiful’ was very carefully selected, specifically chosen. In fact I can think of hardly any other times in my life when I have used the word ‘beautiful’, and meant along with it absolutely everything amazing, breathtaking, and heartfelt that that word connotates.
I hope your day is nothing short of fabulous.
x
Amazing Gala, thankyou, really spoke to me! Have a great Christmas!
That letter is amazingly perfect. Thanks Gala, have a wonderful christmas
Gala,
You make me so happy!
Blair
I loooooooove this present, thankyou Gala :) You make me one happy little chicken!
Love from….
My life has been POOP for a while, and my best friend sent me the link to this in an email and told me to pretend it was from her to me. I did, and now I see that little shimmery ball of hope that is getting closer every day. Thank you. You are truly an inspiration.
thank you Gala! that was lovely (:
Thank you =D.
I loved listening to this – the music (and the cheering :D) really set the mood perfectly, and your words are so touching. It is amazing that you have gotten to know your audience so well and created this extremely accurate but wide-reaching letter that can apply to all of us. Gala, you are wonderful, never pretentious and always an inspiration.
what can i say that hasn’t been said by these other lovely comments!? thank you for secretly knowing me so well, though you don’t know me at all. I think when one writes/creates from the heart, they reach the hearts of others, and i don’t think that could be more true of you and your mission of sparkley radness! Thank you! from the bottom of my heart: Thank you for being nothing more or less than exactly who you are, and inspiring others to do the same! much love honey:)
This was just the most amazing inspiring letter, thank you so much for writing it. 2009 has been nuts, I got out of a horrible 7 year relationship, got my life together, decided to go back to school, and bought my very first very own beautiful house. And somehow I didn’t realize just how amazing and powerful and freeing all my little catastrophes and changes were until reading that, and I just can’t thank you enough. I was a completely and utterly miserable panda last year, and now, when I look at myself (which I only did thanks to your WONDERFUL letter) in comparison, and hell, even without comparison, I realize that I am nothing more than a giant glitter coated snowball of delight and possibilities, rolling like mad and gaining momentum and bliss as I go. So thank you Gala! I fully intend to pass this on to everyone I know, because we all need to see our beautiful growth in the right way. =)
Oh Gala. I am having the worst day ever today. This has come at the most perfect time. You actually made me cry a little bit (in an “AW that’s so lovely” kind of way – plus I am Cancerian). Thank you so much for being a constant guiding star of positivity.
LOVE ALWAYS.
Oh tears Gala!
You’re super terrific and I liked the way your accent changes between New Zealander- Aussie – American. Seriously rad and adorable. You bring so much joy to our lives xo
Well, I cried at this today. And also during the movie Up. Thank you, I am grateful
oh, Gala dear. thank you so much for that. I’m a devoted reader but a sparse commenter…but I had to say something about this. so sweet. you’re such a special soul & I adore your blog. thanks for being a glittery sweet beacon of joy and positivity.
Oh, Forer effect.
(I tried to insert a ‘less-than-three’ but the error message said I couldn’t use HTML. So, less than three. Textual healing.)
Gorgeous blog! Very inspiring photographs.
http://www.antiquatedtreasures.blogspot.com
YOU are such an inspiration!!!
It is so great to hear all of this in a New Zealand accent!
Thank you so much foe what you do!
Thank you so much for caring!
i love you too gala, just what i needed to hear x
Oh me oh my
Delicious piece of writing Gala
It’s too easy to forget how far we’ve come!
Gala,
Thanks for keeping it always fresh, always innovative, yet always reassuring and empowering. We all need a little hug these days!
Thank you.
Wow!! What can I say? You always have perfect timing.
Thanks so much for all you have done for me over this year, I can’t thank you enough.
Meryl
read this earlier, and it gave me a little boost.
but now, (after studying for four hours for my second to last final, after having a migraine that had me in bed in cold sweats all day) i had the chance to listen to you read it. for maximum effect i put a slideshow of your USA 2009 flickr set on to watch while i listened, and let’s just say it’s a mushfest for the ages. i teared up. also, the children cheering comes up right around the same time as the mccain/vagina button. eeeexcellent.
gala, this is the most awesome thing i have read on this blog EVER! and that means a lot. i think it’s incredible that you wrote this letter to no one in particular and to everyone of us, your readers, at the same time. i really found myself in your words which almost made me cry because it’s good to be told that even a difficult year is not a wasted one. thank your for making me focus on the positive once again. at first i thought it was a letter someone had written to you, which shows even more how universal yet personal it is.
i look forward to seeing what you do with this blog and all your other projects next year and i know you will achieve amazing things. you really deserve it!
xoxo
you are so cute bunnyhead-Gala! Thanks a lot for this!
Aw man, that was such a love-fest! Really, so adorable.
It’s exactly what I need before trekking off in the cold snow to go to work!
Thanks Gala Darling!
(At first I thought it was from The Dish to you, and I was having a major aw-moment. Now it’s even worse! Awwww!)
Gala-
I wish you knew what kind of impact you have on me! 2009 has definitely been one year that I will never know if I loved or hated, but I religiously read iCiNG everyday and I pushed myself to be uber-fab. You are a huge influence and you undoubtedly inspire so many young women. Thank you for being such a phenomenal paladin and making every day sweet as honey.
oxox,
karissa
I sent this to a friend yesterday, and apparently you and I write similarly enough that she kept thinking I had written it! cracking up
Thank you for always being positive and reminding us all to do the same.
X0
Hi Gala,
I really enjoyed reading this.
xoxo
Right back atcha, babe.
This actually made me well up a little. I echo Kat’s sentiment (one of the first comments) that finding your website has been one of my highlights of the year; you have helped, inspired and taught me in ways you cannot possibly imagine. Thank you so much. I will continue to be your devoted fan in 2010. xo.
Dear Gala,
You’re such an inspiration to me and I find myself amazed everytime about all the love & positivity you spread around you. Even though I live on the other side of the world, I so often feel touched by your words and just the whole positive vibe your website brings me.
I especially love this letter and I listened to the audoversion, which was even more powerful. It made me realise, which I hadn’t for a very long time, that I can be proud of myself about what I accomplished and learned this year. It hasn’t been an easy year and I often look at the things that I should’ve done or feel unsatisfied about how I handled things. You pointed out that it isn’t about what I didn’t accomplish, but instead about what I did. I think I’ll go have a party with myself now :). Thanks so much Gala, for being such an amazing inspiration!
Gala, this is so lovely.
It’s actually relevant to me this year— I’ve been trying so hard to be a better person, not let things get to me, try new things. Your influence on me this year has been huge, and I have to thank you in a big giant way! .
i know all your comments say this, but this really touched me. i’ve been going through a really rough time lately, trying to change my life for the better but it seems almost too difficult and i think of giving up. this really inspired me to get up, put on a bra and some makeup, and remember why i’m doing it all. thank you. xo
This is one oft the most AMAZING posts ever! It’s wonderful how you managed to make me feel as if you’re talking to me, just to me, and how you probably made very other person feel that way.
Actually I wrote much more, I don’t know why the biggest part of my comments always vanishes. ;__;
Gala, do you know how awesome and wonderful and amazing and fabulous you are? Because you are. And you’re just [insert 1000 positive adjectives because I’m not able to describe your awesomeness].
Thank you SO much for being you and for having this amazing blog, that is making me and sooo many other people happier me and even more amazing.
You are so wonderful (you = Gala and everybody who reads and comments on this blog)! <3
xoxoxoxo :D
Gala, I can’t even tell you how inspiring you are- this letter was like a sparklebomb going off in my brain when I listened to it. It made me smile, it made me tear up, it made me remember how brave & glorious we all are and that life is amazing. You’re the cat’s pyjamas, and then some. :D
Bam! Yes. Thanks for this. It was exactly what I needed right this second.
Thank you so much for that.
Me and my tears want to thank you for absolutely EVERYTHING you have done for me, my attitude and my life.
You’re a true legend Gala.
1,000,000x Thank you!
This is beautiful, and so is the flood of comments. :)
I wanted to link you to this essay, which is actually a Christmas card by Kevin Kelley, an editor of Wired magazine that he wrote to his family and friends in 2007:
www.npr.org/templates/story/st…
It is about being open to the kindness of strangers as a skill and necessity, and I found it lovely.
Last night I was thinking about requesting a special podcast from you. Something I (and all of us) can listen to every morning while doing makeup. Like the “being happy” ones but more specifically tons of awesome affirmations that I can just put on repeat until I memorize the whole thing and can say it in my head throughout the day. Good idea?
Gala! I seriously bust out in tears in the middle of this, right around.. “Honestly, when you think about how you felt this time last year, & contrast that to how your life looks today, you’ll realise how well you’ve done.” My dog looked up at me like I’d gone crazy, but I think she understood, she was there.
This time last year I’d just gotten back together with my emotionally abusive boyfriend I’d ran home from, after a hellish 1.5 year relationship and moving to Sacramento for him. We’d been split up for about three months, and silly little me was still stuck in my fairytale cloud and thought going back with him was THE BEST IDEA EVER. Haha, see, this boy was my 3rd grade crush, that I never really got over.
I’ve been frustrated with life as of late, I’m not quite where I’d hoped to be and it’s been stressing me out, and nearly pulling me back into depression. This is exactly what I needed to hear, thank you SO much. SO MUCH.
Love you. xoxo
thank you gala-love.
i needed that.
Dearest Gala. I was so glad to be rid of this year but you reminded me with your lovely letter that self-love and happiness is a choice and our sparkly lives begin anytime when we say it does. Thankyou for being such an empowering voice.
gala, i am in the middle of finals week in my first semester of graduate school, stressed to the max, sleep-deprived, and a bit of an emotional trainwreck. this couldn’t have come at a better time. thank you, thank you, thank you!
hehe, your accent is becoming a mish-mash (and that, is not a bad thing)!
Thankyou for reading the letter. Having it read aloud was like receiving it hand-written, if you know what I mean.
Wow. Just….wow.
I hope you don’t mind if I email you for some more personal advice, and pray you have the time to respond.
Thank You
Gala you are truly a sparkly delicious star of well doing, ass-kicking and inspiration and I thank you for reminding me that I am one too!
Lots of warm love from a snowy cold Sweden!
So I am pulling an all-nighter studying for a 7:30 a.m. final and I decided to take a break for some iCiNG time, SO glad I did. Thanks Gala!
you are so amazing.
Thanks so much for this. Every single line rang true for me and made me feel so much better about my terribly drama-filled year. Thanks for sending a much needed little burst of sunshine!
GALA what can I say???
Just a big thank you because since I discovered You my life is so changed in positve. I smile so much more, I enjoy my life and I became a confident girl..You give me energy and inspiration every time!! THANK YOU from my heart. ♥ ♥ ♥ you are the best. I love you.
Francesca
Oh Gala, you have a BEAUTIFUL voice and accent! I loved it. You’re so pure when it comes to your writing and you said the EXACT words I needed to hear:) Thank you so much for everything you’ve done for me and the world this year. Happy Holidays, I wish you nothing but the best… you truly deserve it.
María Ayelén♥
your lovely letter made my day.
thank you. (:
Hi,
Thank you for that lovely letter dearest! That letter hit me right between the eyes! This time last year i was down, finding it difficult to see the path my life was taking(if there was a path at all!). Strangely though within a few months so many thigns have changed.Imagine if ic had continuew to doubt myself! To all the girls out there, continue being fighters!Thank you from me (Bleiu) I am so happy to have discovered you. You have made a very positive difference for the better in my life and hmm kind of validate a lot of things I believe in that a lot of people don’t actually follow through with just talk about. You are inspiring, sparkly, strong and fun! I appreciate you so much.
its like you read my mind. This last year has been insane for me and after being in a rut i didnt even realise i was in i’ve come out of it happier, healthier and with the best friends i could ever ask for. Positivity breeds positivity!
I linked to this on my friday links blog post :)
www.alittlestranger.com/wordpr…
sounds a lot like a letter to yourself!
i agree with krystal — i’m surprised so many think it was written to us readers because it gets rather specific. but who cares it’s beautiful anyway!
Beautiful.
This letter has saved me.
Thank you :)
I just discovered your blog yesterday and this letter brought tears to my eyes!!! Thank you for your beautiful words, they truly were needed and made my week…my month!!!!!!!! I’m officially hooked :)
Have a great holiday!