Dream about the future and act before it occurs. The person with imagination is never alone and never finished. You were created for creativity. Your eyes are designed to look for opportunity, your ears listen for direction, your mind requires a challenge and your heart longs for the best way. Make a daily command on your creativity. Everything great started as somebody's daydream. Successful people are first dreamers. The wonder of your imagination is this: it has the power to light its own fire. Ability is a flame, but creativity is a fire. Originality sees things with fresh vision. Unlike an airplane, your imagination can take off day or night in any kind of circumstances. Let it fly! Many times we act, or fail to act, not because of will but because of imagination. A person's dreams are an indicator of their potential greatness. Grandmother saw Billy running around the house slapping himself and asked him why. "Well," said Billy, "I just got so tired of walking that I thought I'd ride my horse for a while." One day Michelangelo saw a block of marble that the owner said was of no value. "It is valuable to me," said Michelangelo. "There is an angel imprisoned in it, and I must set it free." Other people may be smarter, better educated or more experienced than you, but no single person has an exclusive on dreams, desire and ambition. The creation of a thousand trees of opportunity spring from a tiny acorn of an idea. A dream is one of the most exciting things there is. Your heart has eyes that the brain knows nothing of. You are more than an empty bottle to be filled. You are a candle to be lit. Light the fire of your imagination. Dare to dream. Get caught creating! - John Mason, from the best-selling book Know Your Limits - Then Ignore Them (to check out this book further, please go to www.freshword.com/resources) |
