Do you remember that little thing called Imagination?

As children we often use our imaginations to play with our friends or to keep ourselves occupied when we are bored.
With just a little imagination a stick can become a light saber, a sword or even a gun!
With more imagination we could be anything.
We were knights of the round table, we were cops and robbers, and sometimes cowboys and Indians.
We would use big boxes to build spaceships, boats and race cars in my basement.
I remember we would pretend the ground was lava and used couch cushions to hop across the floor.
The fun was literally endless!
As long as we could dream it up, nothing could stop us from doing it.

Then one day it seems as if you wake up and it's all just gone. You are a teenager in middle school, worried about the opposite sex and popularity more than anything. What was once your best friend instead becomes your worst enemy as your insecurities take over what use to be your imagination. "Fitting in" becomes more important than anything and it's not "cool" to pretend things anymore, "that is for children, not teenagers." So you toss aside your imagination like it was nothing more than a useless toy from your childhood and start conforming to the lockstep of society.

When was the last time you used your imagination? Where did it go?
Do you still believe that you need it in your life?

I find it sad that even in the summer you rarely see kids outside playing anymore, and if you do it is with some cool toy never with a stick or a finger for a gun. Imagination is being wiped out. Now we only see kids inside, sitting down in front of a television (being programmed) or playing video games all day long. You no longer see kids playing hockey or basketball in the streets, and sadly enough you don't even have to slow down around parks anymore because no kids are ever playing there.

What does that matter you ask? Well I have realized something about imagination recently. It is way more important than we think it is. It is the bridge that crosses the gaps of our dreams to reality!
You see we are told from a very young age that "anything is possible if we put our minds to it" but as we grow older we are basically told this is shit and we need to grow up and get a fucking job! The problem is that jobs are bullshit, you are working your ass off to enrich someone else's life? Why? Because we have crushed the imagination and dreams of so many people that now we think going to school, getting a degree, then getting a good job is the only answer to a happy life. Believe me, its not! I've had those things and was way more miserable than when I was just a broke stoner living on friends couches.

You see we are brainwashed into believing if you don't have a white picket fence and children then you have the wrong dream. If you try to go against the norm you get assaulted from every side. Your friends, your family, even your acquaintances all want you to do what they are doing, even though deep down they are miserable, because that is what society expects. And let me tell you about misery, it loves company! So don't get sucked into that mindset.

If you want something bad enough you will imagine a way to figure it out. The universe has a funny way of giving you what you want if you ask for it correctly. Unfortunately that way to ask for things is to use your imagination, to dream of what might be, or what you truly want your life to look like if you chose to follow those dreams. It all starts with a small idea that grows and grows as you talk about it, think about it, and act on it. You see your imagination is actually a very important tool in life to get you wherever you want to go, and all you have to do is just believe in it.

So don't let your imagination go to waste. Stop netflix and chilling, stop playing video games and constantly messing on your phone and start playing on the floor with your child. Pretend sticks are swords, boxes are race cars and that you can fly, because the only thing that is stopping you is your lack of imagination!

The world is yours!
Don't get held back in life because you forgot about that little thing called imagination!

"imagination creates reality"

So dream big and teach your children that ANYTHING is possible, as long as they can imagine it.

Peace, love and all that hippie shit