Just Imagine!

For my first Steppin’ Way Out blog post, I wanna talk about the imagination – remember that sweet place that you were pulled back from by your 3^rd grade teacher until you got the message that it wasn’t a place you should go, that there were many more important things to do?

For too many of us, such 3rd grade experiences have pushed the imagination way outside of our comfort zone.  We just don't know what to expect in that unfamiliar place, though we know that literally anything can happen there.  Accessing our imagination, our internal playground, is a lot like taking a bike ride when we’re working against a tight deadline.  Our imagination simply gets in the way of all the things we have to do just to live.

But when I desperately needed "just to live," I rediscovered my imagination. Panic and desperation drove me into that barely recognizable place, and I wasn’t there long before I realized it was a wide open, welcoming space where I could ask anything, consider anything, accomplish anything.  Using my imagination enabled me to create real and effective alternatives to the limited, unworkable choices I had previously faced. 

The next time you find yourself facing ridiculous or intolerable options, knock on your imagination’s door by asking, Does it have to be this way?  Then, imagine letting go of all the requirements, all the assumptions . . . just imagine.