Gratitude

What part of your daily routine are you most grateful for? Rupi Kaur's Gratitude Writing Prompts

Writing is now my favorite part of my daily routine. I try to write every day and when I can't, I look forward to when I can. It doesn't matter if it is on the computer, in the notebook on my phone, or any other kind of notepaper, including scrap paper, I will get something written.

It has been a few years since I started writing most days and this year I have had the goal of writing every day. Even when I can't publish something I write a story or rhyme/poetry.

My writing is mostly for me and I don't think about who may read what I write or if I make any money. It is a nice surprise to earn the $5.00 for a top story. To me, that means I just may be getting better at writing.

Then again, it may not be that but rather the number of stories I write may get me a top story. Others I know get a top story for everything they write and deservedly so!

For certain memorials and fundraisers that I have contributed to I have written books, calendars, and chapbooks. I have sold a few books at a local art gallery and a Native American gift shop.

Write about a time someone forgave you for a mistake you made. Rupi Kaur's Gratitude Writing Prompts

This is a tough one as I have been forgiven for so many things in my lifetime.

Most recently, I was forgiven for not mowing when my husband wanted me to ride the lawn mower to mow while he did the hand mowing and the weed whacking.

What I did was told him I would mow and then told a friend I could give her a ride at the same time I would've been mowing. I told this friend what I had done and I said, "I probably did that on purpose to get out of mowing." It wasn't on purpose but I was glad I didn't have to mow.

When I got home the lawn looked great! The whole yard did and I told my husband that. Then I came clean about the conversation with my friend. He looked at me and laughed. I think I was forgiven before I even told on myself!

Probably the most difficult times were with people who were deceased when it came time to ask for forgiveness. I wrote a letter. I vowed to pay it back in the best way I knew how. It took time but it worked. I felt forgiven.

One example was from when I was 19 and 20, I tended the bar for an older couple and every day I would take at least a mickey or a pint from the back room. When I got into recovery to make an amend came up and I was determined to make it right.

When looking for them to make it right, I found out they were murdered. Then I talked to others asking, "Now what?"

The woman would go periodically to 'dry out' so someone suggested I put money into the meeting basket for others who may not be able to stay sober and others who did not have the money to put anything into the basket. I started that back in about 1980 and continue that to this day.

I know what I took has been repaid many times but I continue to believe in the cause.

Describe how the sun feels on the back of your neck on a warm summer's day. Rupi Kaur's Gratitude Writing Prompts

The sun on the back of my neck on a warm summer's day helps me to stay outside and get some work done in my flower garden. Our weather is so unpredictable right now. One day it is rainy, another it is cold and windy, but yesterday was one of my favorites!

There is so much gratitude for the days of summer. We don't have too many hot days where I would have to worry about a burn. And I am so grateful that I don't burn easily. I never have had to worry about that.