Trading Imagination For Stagnation.

prepmanagementinc • January 11, 2022

Imagination is the key to unlocking a world of possibilities in life.  It cannot, however, exist where scarcity thrives.  The moment you believe you’re capable of making the best of a situation, you’ve already won.  The moment you’ve accepted defeat, you’ve lost. The power of imagination is present in both instances. 

When you’re a child, you dream about your future in the wildest way.

You put no limit on the things you can accomplish.

The person you will become.

Imagination is unlimited currency as a child and we spend like there’s no tomorrow.

You plan ahead and do your best to make it happen.

As you get older, you start to understand the concept of scarcity. Time is limited. Money is finite. People are fickle. Things don’t always go your way. Plans don’t always succeed.

One thing leads to another.  Life & its various weights begins to compound.  You're drained of the imaginative force you still vividly remember from childhood.  It's been replaced by feelings of complacency, hopelessness and self contempt.  You're a believer.

You never stop to think about the possibilities. Only what is in front of you. Life has become about survival. The trap of human existence. Where we trade imagination for stagnation. The currency of our childhood for the false currency of dejection.

The moment you lost was the moment you started believing: the world was right and you were wrong. Take back your imagination.

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