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Imagine or Dream
Our circumstances lead to things we dream about. Is it time to imagine instead? It seems more hopeful
Stop dreaming, it’s time to start imagining. Stop worrying, do something unusual and new instead. Repetitive behaviour centered around negativity is causing mental paralysis. It’s rotting our brains from the inside.
When did you last have a fresh idea and acted on it?
Imagine a place that is not ‘home’.
What do you see?
Imagine “Home” —
Wood and apple pie. An apron and slippers. A roaring fire and a vanilla diffuser. A newly purchased book.
A shard of metal sticking out of a crater. Rancid water. A plastic wind-whipped roof protecting you from the stars and fuck all. A crust of dirty bread. Rampant running rodents.
I’ve seen real poverty in Africa. I’ve seen it in Europe and the USA too. Guess which ‘poverty’ I’d rather live in? The poverty of no hope, no ideas, no opportunities is an awful place. Devoid. Lifeless.
The greatest handcuffs in life is fear.
I am reading a lot of fear and negativity at the moment. And I know that humanity is better than the sum of all its parts. I know this…
