Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

IMAGINATIO­N CAN BE GIVEN WINGS TO MAKE US REACH OUR TARGETS

- PP Wangchuk (Inner Voice comprises contributi­ons from our readers. The views expressed are personal) n innervoice@hindustant­imes.com

The quality of our ability to imagine is a wonderful trait that enables us to ‘do whatever we want’. In fact, imaginatio­n makes us dream and aspire for all the good things of life that may not pass our way otherwise.

All great men in history were men of imaginatio­n. Imaginatio­n helped them do proper planning and carry out the steps needed to access their needs.

Imaginatio­n acts as a sort of catalyst to make you realise your dreams. Albert Einstein had said, “Imaginatio­n is the preview of life’s coming attraction­s.” He had also said that he was like an artist to draw freely upon his imaginatio­n. He was convinced that imaginatio­n was more important than knowledge because “knowledge is limited, imaginatio­n encircles the world.”

We imagine many things, and for those brief moments, the things happening in our lives are as real as seeing a movie. Even Pablo Picasso had said: “Everything you can imagine is real.” Therefore, we should not be satisfied in living within the limitation­s of our means. We should use our faculty of imaginatio­n to live the way we want. Maybe, one day, your dreams that began with an imaginatio­n are realised.

After school education, I had nothing but wild imagine that one day I will end up being a writer. Reading books and meeting authors gave wings to my imaginatio­n. That gave way to hopes, and hopes turned into reality.

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