GIVE Hope by Using Your Imagination
Imagination is the ability to come up with ideas in your own mind without tangible input from your senses – seeing, hearing, feeling, etc.
What does it take to have an imagination?
Creativity!
Imagination is our ability to produce or stimulate new ideas or concepts in our minds without any immediate input from the senses. Great leaders understand how to spark creativity among their teams by tapping into their imagination.
You can be that type of leader today and in your future by simply understanding and believing in the power of imagination.
Psychological scientists define creativity as the practical process of generating ideas or products that are both original and valuable. Creativity relies on imagination—the conscious representation of something that is not present.
Many people think they are not creative because they are not artistic and, as a result, limit themselves without even trying.
However, everybody is creative because everyone has an imagination—it is a mindset. But creativity is about doing something with your imagination.
Imagination is a mindset based on hope but fueled by courage.
Dare to dream about the future you want to create. If you believe it and if you envision it, you’ll be surprised at what’s possible.
How did Susan B. Anthony use her imagination?
She was a crusader for women’s rights and worked to abolish slavery in the 1800s, gathering anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. At that time, most people couldn’t even fathom a world without slaves, nor were women respected as much as men.
Susan B. Anthony imagined a better, more perfect world with equality for women and for black people in this country.
As a result of her imagination, hope, and laser-focused goals, she was successful in creating change that would change the course of history, for the better.
How did Martin Luther King, Jr. use his imagination?
It was Dr. King’s dream that gave hundreds of thousands of people hope, but it was his diligence and imagination that inspired radical change.
-“Whites Only” signs gave way to an overwhelming sentiment that “all men are created equal” … just like he imagined.
-“Sons of former slaves and sons of former slave owners soon sat at the table of brotherhood” … just like he imagined.
-“Even the state of Mississippi” was soon “transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice” … just like he imagined.
-His “four little children,” eventually thrived in a nation “where they weren’t judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” … just like he imagined.
How did Harriet Tubman use her imagination?
She was an American abolitionist who helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom by way of the “Underground Railroad” at a time when few people could fathom a country with no slaves, and few slaves believed they’d ever be free.
Harriet Tubman used her imagination, not only dreaming about a brighter future, but she also used her imagination to create ways to free slaves without anyone realizing it until they had already made it safely to freedom in the North.
How did Helen Keller use her imagination?
She was an author and activist who became the first deaf and blind woman to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
How did Walt Disney use his imagination?
He was a poor, struggling artist who imagined a fantasy world in which he and other dads could spend quality time with their daughters and their families, telling and sharing stories of joy and inspiration.
So, he created it…and then some.
We all have an imagination. Yet, the most successful people (and the happiest people) dare to embrace what could be or what should be, with Hope for the future.
It takes imagination to envision a brighter future that may not exist today.
Have a great day, and never stop living, working, and loving from a place of GENEROSITY.
