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One reason we don't have the experiences or things we want,
is because of an atrophied imagination.

Atrophy is limp, powerless, un-real-eyes'd potential
that comes from non-use.

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Whether the flabbiness came from fear, a wound,
or just egotistical unwillingness to bend, or risk failure...

whatever the reason, when we are stubbornly blind to what CAN BE,
we stay stuck and separate from our desires.

The fool who has stopped giving a damn about what other grumps think...

...that is a free person, right there.
That is a person who drinks the juice that they like!

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And savors every drop!

It is not enough for them to only dream about its taste,
though it does start that way...
as a PRACTICED, MOUTH-WATERING DREAM.

You drink, by first seeing the drink.

WAKE UP that little girl, or little boy inside you.

Ask her/him to remind you how to really see. AND KEEP SEEING.
They will help, because they also want the life + love that you imagine.

Their experience of your imagined X through you,
is what makes the whole thing so magical.

Your adult self, tends to whatever childhood itch needs a scratch...
and at the very least, you will do less harm to yourself and others, as a result.

(That is HUGE... if each of us just lessened our crazy a lil' bit.)

They are counting on you to circle back,
to the time BEFORE you may have gotten so
fancy, cultured, beaten, frightened, smart, cool, or
whatever form of repression/depression
that stifles any vital aspect of your beautiful self!

The brave, innocent child inside you,
knows and remembers how it is done!

Loosen up, and hear them out.

Add the wisdom and the resources you've
acquired over these years, AND GO FOR IT!

Reactivate your ability to see what hasn't happened yet.

This is the essential work of the visionary.

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It is possible to be too realistic, too literal, and too practical.

While good in measured doses, too much of those things KILLS
art, soul, freedom, joy, beauty, and most other virtues
that DEFY a price tag, metric system, or algorithm.

The most important things have been hidden
behind a glitchy curtain of distortion.

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So, reactivate + strengthen your imagination, as often as possible.

This counters The Noise.

Stay current with your desires and pursuits.
Dust them daily. Repair and replace them, as needed.

Hold your WANTED (not unwanted), pictures in your head + heart.

✨ In time, you find yourself INSIDE those pictures. ✨

It is the trippiest, most amazing thing... the simplicity of it,
and our insistence to make it so difficult. And damaging.

Why that way??

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Love + Imagination,
Erika 🔥