Discover who and what matter to you and make the most of your precious and finite life.
Death. We are all going to experience it, whether it’s a sudden and unexpected death, or the eventually anticipated variety. It’s that one thing that we’re all sure about. It’s going to happen to you, and it probably already happened to someone you love. Yet most of us are unprepared.
Many of us die with regret, fear, or anxiety because of what we didn’t do, or didn’t say to people left behind. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Imagine being at peace—within yourself, with your family, with your friends and within your community—knowing that you’ve expressed and recorded your most important life learnings and written letters to those you love.
Wake up before your time’s up!
No matter what kind of life you live, how much money you have, or what you think of your accomplishments, consider that you have a legacy. Legacy, in our view, is the individual and collective impact we have on our world and all that’s in it.
Imagine knowing you’ve done all you can to leave the legacy you want.
Writing Love Letters and a Heart Will is one way your legacy will live on, but that’s not all. Consider that the discoveries you make about yourself and your life through this exploration may lead you to leave your greatest legacy. You’ll be inspired to make shifts in the way you live and how you’re remembered.
Get into action and prepare your Love Letters and your Heart Will.
With six meaningful prompts, this free tool helps you write a lasting message to important people in your life. Intended for a specific person or group of people, an End-of-Life Love Letter can be in the form of a handwritten or printed letter, a card, an email message, or even an audio or video recording. Love Letters make for beautiful gifts—for both the writer and recipient—at any time.
Write your love letter as if it were the last communication this person will ever receive from you. Thinking of your letter in this way will support you to share what matters most. We promise that writing your letter will shift something inside you.
This FREE guide helps you reflect on your life and create a lasting messags for those you love. Writing your Heart Will is also a powerful discovery process to support you to live and love fully now.
What we’re calling a Heart Will is also referred to as an Ethical Will, Spiritual/Spirit Will or Legacy Letter. With 22 questions, divided into 6 themes there are endless topics you might choose to address and share. These include your wisdom, wishes, values, beliefs, hopes, dreams, ideals, life lessons, regrets, family history and stories about your journey.
This Manifesto for Living is the outcome of Willow’s 2019 Legacy, Love Letters and Heart Wills Mexico Retreat. Everything that comes to an end has a legacy, and this manifesto is the legacy of that retreat. It highlights the many profound observations and revelations shared among our group of 14. May the collective wisdom found here inspire you to get into action and live your best life.
It’s been four years since I wrote my Heart Will, a lasting message for people I love and future generations. While I’ve been soul searching most of my life, the events of 2020, and in particular the much-needed spotlight on systemic racism, has accelerated my inquiry into high gear.
For everything that comes to an end there is a legacy. And Willow’s Legacy, Love Letters and Heart Wills Mexico Retreat is no exception. When we recall the many profound observations and revelations shared among our group of 14, we came up with what we consider this collective Manifesto for Living. Click here to download…
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