“What we have named as anger on the surface is the violent outer response to our own inner powerlessness, a powerlessness connected to such a profound sense of rawness and care that it can find no proper outer body or identity or voice, or way of life to hold it. What we call anger is often simply the unwillingness to live the full measure of our fears or of our not knowing, in the face of [love]…” -David Whyte
Living with my “not knowing” sums up the month of May for me. It included hope but also, powerlessness. 😥 BUT—I was fueled by a sense of something sturdier and being determined to move toward a new freedom.
- Frankly, that “new freedom” mindset actually started for me in February, when I started to hold fast to hope and joy as a practice (even when that felt impossible).
Braveheart, I have been sharing from my journals for almost 20 years because I wanted to share how chronicling my life fostered glimmers of hope (and literally saved my life).
I first started sharing online because I was interested in creating + fostering community—but also to leave a trail of breadcrumbs … (for me, and for you). ❤️
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Right brain planning is not about planning as much as it is about self-compassionate chronicles of our living—being in touch with wants and feelings, but also being willing to hold that space in whatever creative 🦄🗃️✂️🖌️📐🎨🖌️ ways are doable.
- An act of self-compassion and love; the practice of being aware of our desires and needs, and learning to trust our pace through our phases and seasons.
Hope occurs within micro-shifts of focus and habits, and breath-by-breath.
Hope occurs when we connect to our living as a means of knowing (and accepting) ourselves; when we check-in and compile dated chronicles that offer us data that we are evolving ever-slowly within the hours, days and weeks of calendar years.
Braveheart, when we say we don’t know what we want … we actually do know. In fact, our restlessness, discontent and hopelessness are clues that what we desire is literally trying to get our attention. 🪄🦩💖
➡️➡️➡️ The answers we need await our asking—followed by our listening and chronicling.
Right brain planning is a way of listening and chronicling our answers.
Right brain planning is a way of marking 🔖 time and envisioning time for the purpose of [hope] and ✅ living more of what matters most to us. 🪄🦩💖
- It is a way to move [away from 😔😪😥 despair] and practice [being 🪄💭 curious] when it is time to move beyond our [Before] ⬅️⬅️⬅️ and ➡️➡️➡️ move into the appointed season and phases of our ➡️ [Next].
- It is a way of 🪄💭 [envisioning] ourselves living what 🔁 matters most to us 🪄🦩💖 as we experiment with ✅ new habits and routines—jotting 📝 down the details of our 🪄💭 daydreams and 🙏🏻 wishes and our ❤️ want-to’s.
- It is [a way to live] ✅ this day (and every single day) to its fullest capacity. 🫶🏻
- Even if (especially if) we feel ❌ stuck, emotionally 🎢 swirly, “behind” or ⁉️ [without a sense of direction].
- Braveheart, I highly recommend devoting some time with this thought experiment … 🪄🦩💖
- After you do the thought experiment, re-imagine this day—imagine yourself just beyond yourself at this point of time in your wild and precious life:
- Even if (especially if) we feel ❌ stuck, emotionally 🎢 swirly, “behind” or ⁉️ [without a sense of direction].
Just beyond
yourself.
It’s where
you need
to be.
…
Half a step
into
self-forgetting
and the rest
restored
by what
you’ll meet.
-David Whyte-
Thank you kindly for your presence here, Braveheart. 💗
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
❤️ Braveheart, as the Creator/Artist of Right Brain Planner I am ever-grateful to have the opportunity to share my creative work online + support other creators! 🎉 For almost 20 years I have had the privilege of sharing my art and writing about right brain planning while also hosting kindred 👭🏽💞👭 communities. ✨ I consider it an absolute 🤸 delight to continue this portion of my creative 📝🖌️✂️🫧 work (even as I retire from full-time work).
- This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons and the other member/subscriber communities I host (via their presence, input and paid subscriptions). 🫶
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