The Power of IMAGINATION

Imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived through the five senses. It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are not present, or have happened in the past. Everyone possesses a certain degree of imagination ability. The imagination manifests in various degrees in various people. In some, it is highly developed, and in others, it manifests in a weaker form.

Imagination makes it possible to experience a whole world inside the mind. It gives the ability to look at any situation from a different point of view and to mentally explore the past and the future. This ability manifests in various forms, one of which is daydreaming. Though too much idle daydreaming may make one impractical, a certain degree daydreaming, while not being engaged in something that requires attention, provides temporary happiness, calmness, and relief from stress. In your imagination, you can travel anywhere at the speed of light, without any obstacles. It can make you feel free, though temporarily, and only in the mind, from tasks, difficulties and unpleasant circumstances.

Imagination is not limited only to seeing pictures in the mind. It includes all the five senses and feelings. One can imagine a sound, taste, smell, a physical sensation or a feeling or emotion. For some people it is easier to see mental pictures, others find it easier to imagine a feeling, and some are more comfortable imagining the sensation of one of the five senses. Training of the imagination gives the ability to combine all the senses. A developed and strong imagination does not make you a daydreamer and impractical. On the contrary, it strengthens your creative abilities and is a great tool for recreating and remodeling your world and life.

This is a wonderful power that can change your whole life. It is used extensively in magic, creative visualization, and affirmations. It is the creator of circumstances and events. When you know how to work with it, you can make your hearts' desires come true. Imagination has a great role and value in each one's life. It is much more than just idle daydreaming. We all use it, whether consciously or unconsciously, in most of our daily affairs. We use our imagination whenever we plan a party, a trip, our work or a meeting.

Everything you can imagine is REAL.

Imagination is a creative power that is necessary for inventing an instrument, designing a dress or a house, painting a picture or writing a book. The creative power of imagination has an important role in the achievement of success in any field. What we imagine with faith and feelings comes into being. It is an important ingredient of creative visualization, positive thinking, and affirmations. Visualizing an object or a situation, and repeating often this mental image, attracts the object or situation we visualize into our lives. This opens for us new, vast and fascinating opportunities. This means that we should think only in a positive manner about our desires, otherwise, we might attract into our lives events, situations and people that we don't really want. This is actually what most of us do because we don't use the power of imagination correctly.

If you do not recognize the importance of the power of the imagination, and let it run riot, your life may not be as happy and successful as you would have wanted it to be. Lack of understanding of the power of the imagination is responsible for the suffering, incompetence, difficulties, failures and unhappiness people experience. For some reason, most people are inclined to think in a negative way. They do not expect success. They expect the worst, and when they fail, they believe that fate is against them. This attitude can be changed, and then life will improve accordingly.

Understanding, how to use your imagination correctly, and putting this knowledge into practice, for your own and others' benefit, will put you on the golden path to success, satisfaction, and happiness.

Inferiority Charade

One of the greatest barriers to accomplishments and to happiness is the feeling of inferiority. How many of us fail to try new things because we're afraid we don't have the ability to succeed? How many of us imagine, usually falsely, that others have a low opinion of us? How many of us suffer immensely from self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy? The answer to all these questions is that far too many of us suffer from such feelings.

Some of these feelings come from criticism that we have experienced from others in the past. Some people seem to think that the only way to build themselves up is to go around tearing others down. If we have encountered many of these people, we may have allowed the often-unjust criticism to affect our judgment of ourselves and our abilities. Nothing hinders achievement and accomplishment like feeling inferior and acting without confidence. Unfortunately, most feelings of inferiority and lack of confidence come from a lifetime of other people telling us that we can’t or that we aren’t good enough.

The truth is that once you realize that these issues come from tiny little comments made by others, they seem pretty silly, and changing course becomes easy. If overcoming your feelings of inferiority is a process, then step one is figuring out where these feelings come from and understanding why it’s silly to let anyone make you feel a certain way. Next time someone tries to make you feel inferior, you’re probably going to get upset. But at some point, while you’re processing the insult, you’re going to remember this article. Then, I want you to stop, breathe, and consider what that insult really is.

No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent

On one level, the insult is simply a string of words, and words can’t affect you. You can choose not to assign any meaning to those words, and avoid feeling blue all together. On the second level, insults are usually words of sad and hurt people. Ask yourself: what kind of barrier is this person trying to put up by acting in this way? Is he trying to protect his own insecurities and faults? The answer is almost certainly ‘yes’. Real winners and people with real confidence don’t put people down; they pull them up.

Mentally strong people can prevent so much grief and are ready to accomplish so much more because they understand the criticism for what it is: a sad and lonely person’s reflection of themselves. Not only do strong people let insults slide off, but they respond by being kind-hearted and helping to lift the bully up – attempting to not only keep themselves above water but to pull others up with them as well.

In doing so, we must be careful not to go from one extreme to another. Just as we do not want to feel inferior to others, we must guard against the tendency to sometimes feel superior to others. We must make the most of our abilities to accomplish whatever we can for both ourselves and our fellow human beings. Most of us can accomplish so much more than we think we can if we can just maintain a positive attitude about ourselves, and life, in general. But feelings of inferiority can get in the way and diminish our abilities. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, we must always remember that no one can make us feel inferior without our consent. We should never consent to feel inferior because we are not inferior. We are all important individuals with our own set of unique talents.

Have COURAGE to be DIFFERENT !

A characteristic that many brilliant thinkers and extraordinarily successful people have in common is their courage to think different and to view things from another perspective than the vast majority of people. Their willingness to forge an own opinion and to express their own opinions and thoughts caused some people a lot of trouble in their lives and didn’t increase their overall popularity, nevertheless, it also enabled some people to come up with solutions for problems no one else could find, invent seemingly impossible things, provide unique services and products no one else offered yet and their willingness to invest in markets that others didn’t even know exist.

What made these some people so successful in life was the fact that they didn’t blindly follow the masses and didn’t do what everyone else was doing, just because everyone else was doing it. Their courage to be different allowed them to forge an own opinion, "Think outside the box" and to make their own decisions, without negative interferences by “Experts” and recent trends everyone else was following. Many outstanding thinkers had the courage to be different and did not shy away from expressing their opinion.

Sometimes in life, we have to make a decision; the decision to follow where our heart leads us to or to continue walking on a frightening path that leads us to a destination we don’t want to be; a path that lets us become someone we don’t want to be. I’ve been on misleading paths as well, and the decision to leave these paths can be very painful and strength-sapping, but it also gives you the freedom to start doing what you love to do, following the things you are interested in and to discover what you always wanted to discover in life. There is nothing wrong about following your heart rather than forcing yourself to walk a predetermined path that isn’t truly yours, where your heart is not involved. Sometimes you just have to have the courage to become a firefighter, if that is what your real ambition is. You weren’t born to become what others want you to be. You’re born to live the life you want to live and become who you want to become.

Be different and make a difference

You will always have a choice in life. It’s the choice to accept the status quo, the choice to accept that the earth is a plate or to find the truth by investigating things on your own, forging your own opinion. You always have the choice to be unique or to be just a part of a mass. Make an inception. Think in ways no one else dares to think and consider to approach problems from another perspective and in ways not even you thought about before.

Question the things people present as the facts. Scrutinize decisions and come to your own solution and opinion. Search for the reasons things are done and discover the “why” ‘s behind your and other people’s actions. Question your decisions and thoughts and “update” them if you believe them to be wrong. Don’t be so biased to persist in your opinion even if you were proved to be wrong. We owe very discovery, invention, breakthrough and the whole progress of your countries and the world we are living into the people who stood up raised their voices and had the courage to be different and to think different. The decision between being different and following the masses is the decision between making a difference to the world or being like anyone else.

You're not late, nor early - There is no recipe to Time

In today's fast-paced world, we are all in a hurry. In a hurry to get to where we are going, in a hurry to get successful, in a hurry to get things done. We get dejected when things don't happen our way when results are not achieved instantly. It's a race and we are scared of being left behind. The age of achievement has decreased. Fifteen-year-olds are developing codes and selling websites. People are doing too much in too little time. That too only some people and that is scaring the hell out of us. If at 25, you are still slogging it out in a 9-to-6 job, you feel worthless. Time is running out; the world is running past you and you…you find yourself struggling to even get up from the bed.

Most of us do not know that everyone works based on their own “Time Zone”. Some people around us might seem to go ahead and be successful in their early life while they are also others might seem to be behind us without our knowledge. Isn’t that different countries in different time zones? What does this mean to every one of us? It means all of our work based on our DNA or date/time of birth! Our date/time of birth determines largely who we are and what we do. Our DNA has our main characteristics, namely strengths and weaknesses. Exposing each of us in a different environment with different people will eventually lead us to different time zones of work, and lead us to different opportunities and threats.

Relax. Take a deep breath. Don't compare yourself with others. The world is full of all kinds of people – those who get successful early in life and those who do later. Early success doesn't mean a happy life. You could open a company at 25, you could also go bankrupt at 30 if the company dissolves. You could find success at 40, and perhaps you'd be more well-equipped to handle it then. Whatever happens, happens for a reason. Everyone is running their own race in their own time. We don’t have to envy them since they’re in their time zone and we are in ours!

"You are unique, don't compare yourself to others."

Spend your time polishing your personality, acquiring new skills, learning a new language – create the person you want to be in the future. Create the personality that will match your success. Work towards your goal at your own pace. Everybody has their own timeline. What if you are meant to do something worthwhile in some years when you are older and wiser, but you were too busy feeling bad about yourself and drowning your woes in alcohol. Imagine the regret. Opportunities never cease to come. "If today is not your day, it could be tomorrow." Don't stop living your life just because it isn't happening.

Once we are aware of who we are and what we do; what are our strengths and weaknesses; opportunities and threats; we will be able to do well, feel happy and fulfilled! LIFE is about aiming at the right moment to ACT! So, stay CALM and RELAX. You’re not LATE and You’re not EARLY, You’re very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE!