Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Point to Ponder: "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking differently." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Story Line: Last two reflections (Resourcefulness , Success ) were about children and their unlimited imagination, creativity, resourcefulness and determination. Future reflections will continue to narrate more such stories of children; their imagination, demonstration of leadership, kindness, honesty and understanding of basics of life.

Reflection: My neighbor Zach and I were chatting about last two reflections. How the children in those stories made the best out of what was available to them; life gave them lemons, they made lemonade out of it.

Zach mentioned that in his business he notices that there are many talented people who are like those children in FR stories. With opportunities and exposure, they thrive and create marvelous things. Then there is another group of people who are fortunate to have resources, connections and knowledge but don’t take action for various reasons (stuck in a box); lack of motivation, inertia, ‘have already achieved goals’, ‘want to take it easy’ or fear of failure. His key point was that many people have so much juice (talent, experience) have/left in them that they can offer a lot more to this world. 

That conversation and the video in this reflection has left me in a very deep thought.

 

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.- Albert Einstein

 

Comments

[Zach]

Fun chats! Lots of human potential to still unlock! :)

[MC]

Fresh eyes to see as a child sees. I lost much of this as I gain experience and try to be efficient!

[Shardamandir Friend]

Hi
My grand daughter who leaves in Germany 6 years old have made full barbie house from packing materials

[Aida]

Lovely😘

[Back in Tyme]

Giant empty refrigerator boxes were always more fun than any game or toy purchased at a store.

[Cebuana]

There's a lot of truth to this. People who are more resourceful achieve what they want to get out of life in comparison to people who have the resources but didn't do anything about it. I became more resourceful when no one pays attention to me when I was growing up (being a middle child).. My lola was there for me. I made do what I have and expanded it. Now, being alone I tell you that doing things that my husband used to do at home is a great achievement for me as well....(I know--lawnmowing is easy, but we Filipinas never--ever--operate this back home)...and yes, changing bulbs....or getting a broken bulb from the socket--I did it with a potato that I learned googling it....it's a learning process but I am happy doing it. Unless it's complicated- I hire a professional.

Thanks Anand and hope you have a good Friday as well...

[FE-Japan]

Let’s keep growing!

[Sam]

Thanks Anand for reminding us this key aspect of our thinking. We put ourselves proverbially in a box because we feel that it can be used for one thing. I work a lot with lasers and am always amazed at the thousands of things it can do across so many industries. Sometimes, we forget this truth about ourselves.

[Carol]

Explains why spoon fed children often have less achievement levels.

[BR]

Very interesting!
That is I suppose thinking out of the box! 👍👌

[PV]

I like the FR animated cartoon; so true. Also, logic / reading stay in the domain of the known offering why something cannot be done, while imagination leading one to keep exploring alternative paths and solutions.
🙏