Creating The Future Before It Happens: The Power Of Imagination

Over the course of the week, I was in a conversation with a friend of mine and we started discussing about the mind and Imagination, then he made a statement that gave me a big insight, he said "your imagination is the first peep at the future, not just a fantasy." That is, imagination is not a wishful thought but a draft of the future. This is among the most powerful forces given to the mind of humans. On the same hand, the human mind is a very powerful tool known to humankind. Using the mind for positive thoughts and Imagination will unleash the greatness within you.

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Imagination, in a simple term, is the process of forming images, ideas, pictures, possibilities inside your mind that has not yet become a reality. The power of imagination is, without question, so enormous that almost every single great thing you see today once began from the thoughts of the mind. That is; they started as "imagined possibilities" before they became realities. If your mind can imagine anything, no matter how insanely impossible others may think it may be, it can be achievable. After all, people also thought that flying machines would be impossible until the Wright Brothers imagined the impossible.

The power that is resident in imagination empowers one to look beyond the present. It is true that you may be surrounded by reality, but do not let it to limit you. This is because, reality may just present to you "what is," but imagination will present to you "what could be." This will also enable you to dream, plan, and hope for better things. The great innovators that the world have seen were products of imagination. Through imagination, they were able to create new paths, inspire change, blaze new trails, and shape the future. By releasing the imaginative power of the mind, you will be able to create your tomorrow even before it happens.

A very good thing that I have observed is that as long as you have a brain and your mind is functioning, then you have the power of imagination. It is not just for a privileged or selected few. However, what matters is how you use your power of imagination. You may be given a brain, but not a thought - you make your own thought. You can employ the power of imagination in your day-to-day life, not just on special occasions. For example, when you visualise yourself succeeding at a task in your office, it will give you the confidence and zeal to undertake the task effectively. When you visualise the solution to a problem, it will help you in your problem-solving skills.

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A friend once invited me to a cookout that she organised for a group of friends. She made a regular Egusi soup which almost everyone in this part of the world knows how to cook. However, the way she cooked it, the choice of ingredients, and everything about it was so uniquely different. I had to ask her how she was able to come up with that. Humorously, she told me "I cooked it in my mind first before I finalized it in the kitchen." It was funny, but what she meant by that was that the food was actually born out of imagination from her mind. This goes to prove that there is nothing that will look undoable or impossible to the imaginative mind.

It is, however, worthy to note that imagination has to be paired with action in order for it to produce results. If you continue to imagine without putting any action to it, then it will not be actualized. It is true that dreaming is good, creating ideas is also good, imagination is good, but all these on their own will not produce results. What turns them in to reality is the action you put into them. For example, if you have the plan to learn a skill and you have been imagining it for a while, it will still remain as just an idea. It is when you have devoted your time, energy, and then learn the skill that you will know the skill. Always remember that your thoughts and your actions have to agree and blend for the results to be birthed.

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