Sometimes we get stuck. We lose momentum or focus. We get a little disenchanted with our lives.
We remind ourselves this is normal. (For grown-ups, anyway.) That saying about how life doesn’t always turn out how you planned seems fitting.
Thing is…
When we weren’t grown-up, we didn’t plan our lives. The lengthy To Do lists didn’t appear until, maybe, college. We rarely worried about How or Why. We just imagined our ideas and expressed our “vision” in simple ways. From Once-Upon-A-Time stories to colorful drawings to elaborate blanket forts.
Do you still engage your imagination? Do you doodle, sing, or do whatever you did at age six? Or are your hobbies decidely adult? (Not those kind of “adult” hobbies! Jeez.) Are you doing Sudoku or photography or brewing beer? Ok, it’s a start. But are you really expressing your ideas without all the limitations we put on our grown-up selves?
Maybe Peter Pan was on to something. Maybe life is a whole lot better when part of your day involves slaying dragons, walking on distant planets, or winning awards for amazing inventions. Or, maybe, our imagination is intended to help us figure out what we really want in life. All of those hours spent make-believing may have served a greater purpose than entertainment. Perhaps we were learning how to figure out What Now? What’s Next? What’s best?
Just imagine.
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