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Imagination

I tend to think a lot. I reflect on what I have done and what I would like to do. In my tangled thoughts I wonder if I'm living a life worth living or if I'm wasting this awesome opportunity to explore and connect with the world. When I consider the possibility of an unused life a great anger begins to boil within me.

In my mind's eye I want to imagine doing great things. I see myself making a difference in the world. I see myself being significant in some way. I see a legacy that continues to live well past my death. But these things I see are only fantasy. They are illusions because I do nothing to act on them.

The Human ability to engage the imagination is a huge part of what has made us successful as a species in this very hostile world. To see a fulfilled potential before a project is even started. These visions give us the desire to begin and the motivation to continue.

Whatever we can dream, we can create. No other species on this planet can claim such a feat. Then the question becomes, how do I bridge the gap? How do we translate the visions of imagination to concrete reality?

I do not have all the answers, but I know that I'm dissatisfied with my life because my visions have turned to fantasy instead of reality. And, I know that I am not alone in this feeling. Perhaps that is why I started this blog. To find others who see an unfilled potential in their own lives. And perhaps, together we can find a way.

So what do we do? Do we allow our life to pass us by or does this acute awareness push us to do something about it?


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