Imagination. Is yours on full speed?
Mark 9:23-25 Jesus said: “If you can. Everything is possible if you have faith.”
Sometimes that little idea you have can be the BIG idea that makes you a lot of money. Some people laughed at Henry Ford because the man just had one idea in all his life. BUT hellooooo! That was a BIG IDEA–how to make cars cheap enough for the millions. And those friggin awesome rewards for imagination are the exceptions.
And sometimes, having ideas can cause you trouble if you don’t have accurate thinking.
Take today, for example, my son had an idea and a drill. He had the brilliant idea: if I drill a whole in my moms tire, I can have the tire for myself. When he went passed me into the garage, I didn’t think he would drill a hole. But my faith in my son having constructive ideas has been shaken during the 7 years he started walking and talking in which he has made imagination his hobby. Have you heard of smart people chuckle at would be creators as “nutty” or “wacky” –“crackpots,” well… while I’m usually okay with letting my 8 year old tinker, explore and create, sometimes those little bright ideas your kids have are little lessons in character.
Colleges have slighted the creative mind. And most textbooks give creative thought more than a lick-and-a-promise. And you know what? Less has been written on ideas than about any other subject. It’s a wonder we have so many judicial people in the world and here in America we are in serious short supply of people with real ideas.
The thinking mind is a person’s exclusive gift. And all animals, my cat and dog included, have been given the gift of memory, instinct, and emotion BUT only humans have been giving the power to think.
We have two ways of thinking about the world. And today most only use one way–a judicial mind (analyzes, compares, and chooses) and a creative mind (visualizes, foresees, and generates ideas). The 2 work together. Judgment keeps imagination on track. Imagination not only opens ways to action but also enlighten judgment.
The judicial mind left unchecked will stifle the creative mind.
Today we live in a judicial world. Most people have gone to school to improve their judicial minds. They read history. studied logic. learned mathematics. Some use facebook to debate. deliberate. weigh pros and cons. We have more experts today than we ever have had.
But what do you do with your creative mind?
Do you try to use your creative mind?
You probably don’t even think about it much unless forced to by circumstances. I have recently discovered my gift to the world. My biggest strength is coming up with ideas and including others in my creative thought. And after I have tested those ideas and listened (which I get in trouble here because sometimes I talk so much I don’t listen) to everyone’s opinions, I go and use my judicial mind to learn which is the best idea. Once I’ve made up my mind, I go full speed ahead and take initiative.
There is a saying that goes like this: your body is imperfect, your mind can’t be trusted, but your imagination is what makes you remarkable.
Imagination.
Your imagination is what allows you to break through and be successful. Great men have discovered and invented all our luxuries today because they used their imagination.
Ideas are what America is made of. If it wasn’t for the free flow of ideas, America wouldn’t have the standard of living we have today.
Children may be pearls but ideas are the diamonds in the hands of the parents. My son is a perfect example that may help you help your kids when they are thinking of ideas that may cause you grief.
I sent my son his room. I need to use self-control. Then I went to see the tire. The whole was not drilled on the thread but on the side of the tire. I am like… Okay. Isaac your grounded and as punishment, you will count your money inside your piggy bank and tell me how much you have.
I let him stay in his room for a while. 15 minutes. Then we did some mathematics lesson together from a workbook. Then, I gave him some time to count his piggy bank. After about 15 minutes, my son comes out and says, I found $100!!! And brings out a hundred dollar bill and a fifty dollar bill. I say do you have $200? He had about 4 $5 bills and about 8 $1 bills. I took out a piece of paper and showed him the place value and number rules.
I let my son ponder the problem and then we sat down and thought up what we can do to fix it. And I put my kid back on track. We came up with ideas that might work. Actually my son came up with several ideas that might work. And then we did the math and it hurt him more to give up the $100 bill he had saved but he understood the moral. It’s fine and dandy to come up with ideas and try to achieve your goal but the ideas can’t violate one of the Ten Commandments.
Thou shalt not covet or hurt another person’s property to accomplish one’s goal.
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So, what is the big take away?
Ideas have always been and can be the solution of almost every problem. And the truth of the matter is, “each of us does have an Aladdin’s lamp, and if we rub it hard enough, it can light our way to better living–just as that same lamp lit up most of the thinkers in the past.
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Let’s treat everyone with respect regardless of the opinions they hold. Let them disagree with you. Listen to their ideas. Happiness isn’t pleasure. True happiness is victory. Believe in you. Believe in God. Believe in this great country. Stay on your game. Don’t ever stop. If you stay with it long enough you will hit your target.
Un fuerte abrazo,
XO
Marla
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