“Just use your imagination and a tremendous thing will happen. Imagine that you have the ability to see the world with different eyes, whenever you choose. Each time you open your eyes, you see the world around you in a different way.”

-- don Miguel Ruiz

Recently, as I reviewed a daily journal entry, I discovered two distinct phrases at the beginning of sentences – “I think…” and “I wonder…” The “I think” sentences suggest the processes of my left brain, that logical intellectual storehouse of hard and fast facts, and time-honoured rules.

The “I wonder” sentences, on the other hand, call out to the intuitive right side of my brain, where my imagination loves to play. Those words invite me to look inward, to balance my perspective, and choose the way I wish to perceive the outer world.

“I wonder” asks me to imagine the secret worlds hidden in simple things. Journaling reveals repetitive thinking patterns but imagination frees me to see past these patterns into the extraordinary. Journaling shines a light on the world of external facts, and wills me to see the possibilities inside what is fixed and framed.

Exploring reality through journaling frees me to discover inner landscapes, where I can go beyond the boundaries of the old and find new frontiers.

~ Kathie Sutherland

“Your Design mind (right brain) attends to the melody of life, whereas your Sign mind (left brain) attends to the notes that compose the melodies. And here is the key to natural writing: the melodies must come first.”

-- Gabriele Lusser Rico

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

-- Mark Twain