Insightful & inspiring – a quote can be the perfect pick-me-up on a gloomy day. A good quote read at the right time, can feel a lot like receiving sage advice from your grandma, or big sister. You know what’s a great source for beautifully worded quotes? Poetry. Think of the great works of Maya Angelou, Edgar Allen Poe or Emily Dickinson.
In the realm of body confidence and women empowerment however, Rupi Kaur is a true MVP. Rupi is an Indian-Canadian Poet who has been inspiring her – now – 4.5million+ followers on Instagram with brilliant poetry. Her words are raw, powerful, emollient… much like milk or honey… which happens to be the title of one of her books.
Here are Boap’s top 10 quotable extracts from Rupi Kaur’s poetry for:
When you need help embracing your humanity, imperfect bits and all
accept yourself as you were designed
your body is a museum of natural disasters
can you grasp how stunning that is
“It is easy to love the nice things about ourselves
but true self-love is embracing the difficult parts that live in all of us”
When you question your self-worth
“when you make love you try to
bury yourself beneath the sheets
but the stretch marks you try to hide
are proof you’ve survived
your breasts are mountains not everyone
know how to climb
the goddess between
your legs is the world
on their tongue
she makes mouths water
your femininity is so right
like craters and waterfalls
there are few things on
this side of the universe
crafted with such excellence
you just so happen
to be one of them”
When you need to ditch the self-deprecation & put body-shamers in their place
“Look down at your body and whisper
there is no home like you”
The way you speak of yourself
the way you degrade yourself into smallness is abuse
“The next time he points out the hair on your legs is growing back
remind that boy your body is not his home
He is a guest
Warn him to never outstep his welcome again”
When you start to forget the beauty and power of aging gracefully
“I want proof of the jokes we shared
engrave the lines into my face like
the roots of a tree that grow deeper
with each passing year
i want sunspots as souvenirs
for the beaches we laid on
i want to look like i was
never afraid to let the world
take me by the hand
and show me what it’s made of
i want to leave this place knowing
i did something with my body
other than trying to
make it look perfect”
When you need a reminder that you are already a total badass
What’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn?
That since day one she’s already had everything she needs within herself
It’s the world that convinced her she did not
“The universe took its time on you
crafted you precisely so you could offer the world something distinct from everyone else
So when you doubt how you were created
you doubt an energy greater than us both”
When you need to be reminded that you are absolutely more than just a pretty face; there’s at least a 100 other adjectives to choose from
“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that”
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