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What Do You Imagine?

Guest post by: JoAnn Youngblood King

Article Overview: Take some time to imagine the type of life you want for yourself.

What Do You Imagine?

There are many things in history that were only imagined and have now become a reality. The other day, my son said "Mom, I really wish that I could fly". He went on and on telling me everything he would do as he would be flying around. Since he is constantly trying to figure out how to create something, I'm very careful not to say anything that would give him the idea that he wouldn't be able to do it. As we know, possibilities are endless. While he was talking, I imagined him actually creating something that will allow people to fly around by themselves. While reflecting on that talk with him, I thought about the Wright Brothers who became interested in the art of flying and went on to create the world's first successful airplane in 1903.

Motivational Speaker, Les Brown said that when he was younger, people would often say in response to someone stating a goal or a dream, "You have as much chance to do that as people have to walk on the moon." At that time, it was unheard of that someone would actually be able to walk on the moon. Who knows what kind of amazing ideas were stopped after hearing that statement. When I was younger, I just thought of my imagination as something that was not here now, and that's it. I remember hearing comments like: "Oh, that's only in your imagination" or "that's some imagination you have there!" To me, my imagination was a silly, unrealistic thought. I definitely didn't get the message that what I imagined should be pursued or better yet, could be achieved. I now know different. Please realize that what you imagine is possible. So, with that said, imagine a successful life and go for it!

Explore your imagination. Take some time to write about the type of life you imagine for yourself. Just give some thought to how you can start making some of what you wrote down a reality. Start on a smaller scale. Imagine the type of week you would or the type of day. Remember, it's possible!

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." -- Jamie Paolinetti

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." -- Albert Einstein

"This world is but a canvas to our imaginations." -- Henry David Thoreau

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