Balance Writing Prompts

The universe takes and gives everything you didn’t know you needed. These prompts are an invitation to step inside of yourself and explore what balance means to you. Rupi Kaur

Recently I finished Rupi Kaur’s Gratitude Writing Prompts. I so enjoyed them that I decided to see what else I could find. I went to Target as that is where I picked up the Gratitude cards.

It was perfect timing as they had a special of buy two, get one free and one was 30% off and one was 20% off the purchase price. I purchased two Rupi Kaur Writing Prompts and the one by Jen Sincero was the free box titled, “You are a Badass.”

Hopefully, I will enjoy using these prompts as much as I enjoyed the Gratitude Prompts.

Here are the start of the Balance Prompts:

Rupi Kaur’s Balance Writing Prompts — What does the word “Balance” mean to you?

In the photo above of a medicine wheel, some say that we are in the center and that it is important to be in balance, as without that we will suffer.

The next photo has a similar meaning. As long as we have good balance we are okay. If not we can fall. And worse yet we can break.

Today I did balance exercises with my group and told them as we age it is very important to do balance exercises as we can break if we fall when we are elders.

In the Oxford Languages dictionary, this is the closest to what I think about when I think about balance: “a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.” “try to keep a balance between work and relaxation”

Another from the Oxford Languages dictionary: “an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain up right and steady. “she lost her balance before falling” · “slipping in the mud but keeping their balance”

And finally from the Oxford Languages dictionary: “an apparatus for weighing, especially one with a central pivot, beam, and a pair of scales.”

I grew up hearing about how important it is to live in balance. Later I heard medicine wheel stories and still later I heard about body, mind, spirit, and vocation/mental health.

Then I learned about how when you take care of the spirit the other areas fall in line. The recovery program I am most familiar with talks about how important it is to have a sponsor, read the literature, and attend meetings.

I am aware of other people in recovery through their church family or culture. Ceremonies and rituals, living where we were before losing our religious freedom.

In my Native American culture, the medicine wheel can be used to explain everything. The teachings talk about the importance of the circle. An example of the basics of the medicine wheel teachings are: the 4 directions, the 4 colors, and the 4 colors of people.

Rupi Kaur’s Balance Writing Prompts — How do you align yourself after feeling a sense of imbalance?

When I feel a sense of imbalance, I use prayer and meditation to resolve that feeling. Sometimes I don’t remember right away. It helps me to get clear about what is out of balance in my life.

Someone said that our spirit self sometimes needs self-care and a bubble bath may take care of what is going on. It is sometimes that simple. Other times it takes a lot more to come into alignment.

Rupi Kaur’s Balance Writing Prompts — In what ways are you working to become more self-aware?

In recovery, I have people who are supportive and will let me know what they are seeing. Sometimes it is not direct. It is okay as I grew up with stories that were helpful lessons.

Much of the time it is sharing an experience similar to what happened to them. I learned I can always take what I like and leave the rest.

Working on a recovery program means I attend meetings weekly. I hear others talk about things that may be going on with me.

Sometimes it is simply that I hear that I was where another is at, and I am thankful that I am not still there. Then I am self-aware of where I have been and where I am now and where I am going.

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