Imagination...

Imagination is something we all have taken for granted. Remember those days of being a child and playing in your tree fort. Pretending you were stranded in a jungle and the only means of food were what you could find around the yard. Remember playing house and dress up? Wearing your mothers heals as your shaking legs walked up and down the stairs with gleaming ruby red lipstick applied in a sloppy clown smile to your lips? Our imaginations would be able to flourish subconsciously into uncountable fairy tales. I believe I still possess the power to be imaginative. But it is a different kind of imagination. Instead of pretending to be grown up in my mother's heels, I now imagine a life and world without poverty and pain. Without war and struggle. It is disgusting to see all God's amazing creations just thrown away like they are recyclable. The truth is they aren't and we are doing a horrible job of realizing it. The power of imagination is wonderful but dangerous. We can't get too caught up in our false life because we miss out on reality. And reality is striking us everyday in the face with horrible, horrific events occurring around the globe and in our own backyards. We are dangerously getting out of control. We aren't able to see that our imaginations aren't reality-- these things are happening today. But every once in a while it is good to have to hope and hide ourselves in our own little worlds of peace, love and happiness. Maybe one day if all our imaginations are strong enough, it will all come true. "Imagine all the people, living life in peace"-- John Lennon