This month’s Writing as Healing session focused on the importance of support, whether from groups and individuals, from relatives and friends, or from strangers.
You might want to begin by writing for 10 minutes or so about what support means in your life — both receiving it and giving it. One way to approach this topic might be to envision what your life would be like without the support that you receive and that you give.
You might also want to use any of these quotations as the starting point for reflective writing.
“Life’s most urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?'” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.” — Terry Pratchett
“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” — Anonymous
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – H.E. Luccock
“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs, the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what.” — Anonymous
