Self-Love Writing Prompts by Rupi Kaur

Self-love is the road toward healing. These prompts are an invitation to step inside yourself. Rupi Kaur

Stepping inside self

put old beliefs on the shelf

like it's narcissistic to love oneself

Rupi Kaur's Self-Love Writing Prompts - Pick one word to describe the current chapter of your life and explain why you chose that word.

Recovery is best used to describe where I am in this chapter of my life. I will never be recovered until death. This year I have been in recovery for 46 years. I am 70. I have been married three times and have no regrets.

Currently, I have a husband of 20 years, and we have been together for 24 years. Together we have 7 children, and many grands and great-grands. Without recovery I wouldn't be here today, enjoying the pleasures in life. Really, all that life has to offer.

Today I am retired and work part-time. I write! I loved finding Vocal, and Medium. I look forward to NaNoWriMo in November when I write 50,000 words. I write in my writing group on Facebook monthly and when we write a Poem a Day in February.

Work is fun, as are family and friends. I enjoy the First Friday Art Walk monthly. Last night, we rode motorcycles, putting gas in our bikes and mine will be put away soon until next year. We will be celebrating my sister and brother in-law's 50th anniversary on Saturday.

This past week I talked to all 4 of my brothers by phone and did some catching up. I'm so happy to have family as so many don't or aren't close. Many of our children are doing well. Struggles are a part of life.

My spiritual life is in a good place and I thank Creator God every day for the beauty in my world and for all the gifts I have been blessed with and I am especially thankful for my recovery.

Rupi Kaur's Self-Love Writing Prompts - What elements of your childhood would you want your children to also experience?

Always having people in life to remind them to not give up when the going gets rough. And to know that they are never alone and that they matter! I had that and hopefully so will they. They have that support from me for now.

My mother was my biggest cheerleader and helped get me through high school, college and graduate school. When she died I didn't finish my doctorate. My sister was my next biggest cheerleader. Younger and following me was a great incentive to finish what I started.

Rupi Kaur's Self-Love Writing Prompts - I make people I love smile by ________________.

Laughing with them. Making fun of my foibles with them. Open, honest communication. Jokes that I always get wrong. It doesn't matter as not getting it right is funny too. Sometimes it is smiling at them first and they will smile back.

I have kids with the best smiles ever. Their smiles are infectious!

In groups with guests at the mental health crisis shelter where I work part-time, I ask the participants to practice smile-ups. When getting up in the morning I tell them to look in the mirror and practice smiling. I ask them to try 10 smile-ups in the mirror first thing in the morning.

It doesn't have to be real smiles as they probably don't feel like it. It is a laughter yoga starter. I tell them that fake smiles are okay as our brain doesn't know the difference and by doing them we will have a better day.

Just talking about this and a bit of a demonstration can get a group to smile and even chuckle.