The Brilliant and The Lost

by Megan on August 26, 2010

Draw a circle.

Really.

This is YOU.

You are a container for all the parts of YOU.

These are the parts in my circle: Dancer, Lover, Mom, Sad child, Artist, Writer, Friend, Party girl, Mentor, Goofball, Fool.

(Can you see all of these inside the circle? This is a visual exercise.)

At any given time I am one of these parts.  Sometimes two.  I have to embrace them all.  Even the most unattractive.  The needy, the awkward.   (If you think they won’t be heard, THINK AGAIN.)

Do you know that saying?  You are only as happy as your happiest child.  Yes.  This goes for the parts of you.  Is there someone in there you are ignoring?  Embarrassed of?

This circle.  My gorgeous mess.  Yours?  Find every part.  Draw your circle.  (on paper!)  Don’t leave any part out.

The brilliant and the lost.  Choose all of yourself.

The Brilliant and The Lost

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  • http://www.lip-design.com Lori Paquette

    Wow!!!! This is just terrific — What a fabulous exercise. I drew my circle and sent it to you via EM. It’s scrawled but I was compelled to do it.

    I love my mess … even the fat girl who seems to keep bubbling to the surface when I’m not looking.

    Thank you, Megan, for sharing your container.

    xoxo, Lori

  • http://www.lip-design.com Lori Paquette

    Wow!!!! This is just terrific — What a fabulous exercise. I drew my circle and sent it to you via EM. It’s scrawled but I was compelled to do it.

    I love my mess … even the fat girl who seems to keep bubbling to the surface when I’m not looking.

    Thank you, Megan, for sharing your container.

    xoxo, Lori

  • Pam

    I’ve tried to write a comment about this exercise three times. And failed. So here it goes again. Hope it’s articulate enough to be understood.

    This IS a great exercise. I just don’t know how I feel about my mess. There are so many contradictions and opposites. How can I be easy going and yet a control freak? Different parts that come out at different times perhaps. Anyway, I’m finding it a little difficult to embrace all of my marvelous mess. It’s going to take a little bit of time to make peace with the parts I’m not so happy with. But it is nice to see all the parts in one place. All in that circle. Easier to handle that way.

    You come up with some doozies, Megan. Made me have to think again.

  • Pam

    I’ve tried to write a comment about this exercise three times. And failed. So here it goes again. Hope it’s articulate enough to be understood.

    This IS a great exercise. I just don’t know how I feel about my mess. There are so many contradictions and opposites. How can I be easy going and yet a control freak? Different parts that come out at different times perhaps. Anyway, I’m finding it a little difficult to embrace all of my marvelous mess. It’s going to take a little bit of time to make peace with the parts I’m not so happy with. But it is nice to see all the parts in one place. All in that circle. Easier to handle that way.

    You come up with some doozies, Megan. Made me have to think again.

  • http://nothingbutantness.wordpress.com/ Queen of Antness

    Where do I put the parts that aren’t in my circle but I wish they were? Or are they really part of me only being ignored?

  • http://nothingbutantness.wordpress.com/ Queen of Antness

    Where do I put the parts that aren’t in my circle but I wish they were? Or are they really part of me only being ignored?

  • http://www.randomshelly.com/blog/ Shelly

    I will do this… probably not today though, I think that might take a lot of energy out of me to admit some of the pieces…

    I love all of your pieces (except the sad child – her I just want to hug and protect and take those thoughts, images, experiences away from) << however, I'm a big believer in the notion that all the BS that has happened to you (me, people) makes you the person that you are today – so would taking that all away make you not YOU anymore??

    Ok – done being philosophical…

    Actually – hell – I want to hug all of them and see them in action :)

  • http://www.randomshelly.com/blog/ Shelly

    I will do this… probably not today though, I think that might take a lot of energy out of me to admit some of the pieces…

    I love all of your pieces (except the sad child – her I just want to hug and protect and take those thoughts, images, experiences away from) << however, I'm a big believer in the notion that all the BS that has happened to you (me, people) makes you the person that you are today – so would taking that all away make you not YOU anymore??

    Ok – done being philosophical…

    Actually – hell – I want to hug all of them and see them in action :)

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