“Peek a boo, I see you.” It’s the first make-believe game every child learns, it’s also the beginning of a life-long adventure into the world of your imagination.
A healthy imagination is good for you if you’re imagining lots of good things coming into your life but not to the extent where you get anxious if they don’t show up.
If you imagine everybody is talking about you in a positive way, that’s good, however, if you imagine everybody is talking about you in a negative way, you need to stop paying so much attention to your imagination. Because, in reality, “nobody is talking about you, they’re too busy living their lives to think about you.”
If you’re afraid to live because you can’t imagine anything going right for you, that’s not so healthy. They’re the times when you need to stop using your imagination altogether and just concentrate on what you actually know because, when you expose your imagined fears to reality they often disappear.
What is reality? Reality is looking at things as they are, as opposed to what you think they are.
For example, if you look at a picture of a beautiful model and think, wow, that’s what she looks like! That’s your imagination in action.
In reality, the model will have spent a whole day having that picture taken, including an hour with her hair stylist, another hour with her makeup artist, the rest of the day will be spent posing to get the perfect shot. The photographer will develop the digital print and remove any blemishes before sending the picture to the publisher. Now, the picture will be used to attract your attention to sell you something you don’t really need.
I used beauty as an example because it’s the most exploited and misunderstood by people in general; in reality, beauty is only skin deep. I’ll leave you with one final thought:
Your imagination can be a source for good or evil but it’s worth remembering; everybody has their own version of reality, and sometimes being kind of real is enough.
