Uday Dandavate
Nov 6 · 2 min read

Dare to imagine the future

No matter

how much money we have,

how mobile we are, or

how much energy we have,

we all have one capacity

that will never hold us back

or drag us down.

The capacity to step out

of our reality and

into the world of imagination.

The capacity to imagine

the unimaginable.

Imagination can free us

from drudgery

from pain

from injustice

from anger

from fear

from diffidences

from self doubt

from inaction.

Just. a day before

his assassination

Dr. King said to his followers,

“I’ve been to the mountaintop.”

He was already imagining

the promised land of freedom.

Even 27 years of

solitary confinement

could not keep Dr Mandela

from imagining

freedom from apartheid and the truth and reconciliation commission.

Ravindranath Tagore imagined

a future for his country,

“Where the mind is without fear

And head is held high

Where knowledge is free

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments

By narrow domestic walls

Where words come out from the depth of truth

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and action

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake”.

To Jonathan Livingston seagull

imagination brought

higher plane of existence

through perfection

of knowledge.

Imagination fuels

hope, action and determination

Imagination can help

resolve mysteries

dissolve disputes

explain complexities

unlock deadlocks

untangle mental blocks

explore alternatives and

inspire action.

The past

cannot be changed,

though we can learn from it.

The present

will pass us quickly.

The future holds

infinite possibilities

and abundant opportunities

for those who will dare to imagine it.

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    Uday Dandavate

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