Pure Imagination

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein

I'm not sure that I completely agree with that statement. Pardon me for challenging a certified genius, however, I believe there are times when knowledge far outweighs imagination.

In looking for pictures for this post, I quickly realized that everyone was referencing imagination in the positive. In that regard, it IS vital. We want our kids to use their imaginations. It is a wonderful thing to watch children make up games and stories to entertain themselves, as opposed to having a video game do it for them. But what about negative imagination?

There are times that your imagination can run away with you. An overactive imagination can tell you things are there, when they aren't...or vice versa. It can make you paranoid. It can cause you to take what little information you may have and fill in the blanks on your own...usually using assumption and past experience. This can be a bad thing!

** CONFESSION TIME **
I have an overactive imagination...always have. I HATE that about myself. It doesn't do anyone any good and simply makes me, and the people around me, miserable. I have never considered myself to be a negative person...someone that looks for the worst in things or people. However, there are certain situations and with some people, that I seem to do that. It's a drag! I want, no NEED, to change that in myself. In the long run, the only one that is really getting hurt is me. I'm the one that sits and thinks and dwells and stews, until I work myself up into a sick to my stomach, head spinning, anger building, hurt causing, victim mentality driven, tizzy. By that time, it's too late to even have a chance of having a rational discussion about the situation. And I know, that me and my overactive imagination are to blame.

A caveat to that, is this...i'm not going to bury my head in the sand and pretend nothing is going on around me. There are times when some of the things you think are spot on! I will continue to be aware, but not over analyze and assume. There is a fine line in there, and I'll find it.


Leave my imagination for unicorns and high heeled shoes that don't hurt my feet? Don't mind if I do...

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Reconnect with a lifetime friend? Don't mind if I do...

Love, Or Something Like It

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about love.

There are many different kinds of love. Love for your friends, love for your family, love for your children, love of things you're interested in...the list goes on and on.

Specifically, I've been thinking about pure love. Is it possible to have a pure love for someone? It absolutely is. The catch? It must, and I mean MUST, be grounded in Christ Jesus. Without that foundation, it is impossible to love someone with the I Corinthians 13 kind of love.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. I Cor. 13:4-8

We are human and as such, we could NEVER achieve this kind of love on our own. We must be rooted in the Father of love if we are to give someone a love like this. Without Him in the center, love is conditional and fleeting.

Find true and pure love? Don't mind if I do...

Pick One and Go With It

There is an old adage about having a angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other...both whispering in your ear, trying to persuade you in your decisions. Which do you listen to?

I saw this quote today:

Any relationship you've ever been in, you've chosen to be in. Every action you've taken in every moment of your life was a choice that you made. Mastin Kipp

Life is about choices.

Sometimes we make the right decision. We hold our tongue and keep from saying something snarky or we don't do something that we KNOW we ought not do. Score one for the angel!

Other times, the devil gets the win and we let fly with whatever thought that comes to our minds and fails to go through the filter before it spews out of our mouth.

Past hurts and situations often times dictate the choices we make...angel or devil. I have been guilty of letting the devil win more times than I care to remember or would like to admit.

I take responsibility for the choices I've made with the actions of my life. I will continue to do that. It is my hope that I make the right choices from this point forward.

The wounded devil on my shoulder can have a sharp tongue so I need to kick my angel up a notch!

Make the right choices and be an angel? Don't mind if I do...

Now They See Me...Or Do They?

Ever feel completely alone even when you're surrounded by people? I don't mean physically abandoned or deserted, I mean emotionally. You have lots of people in your life, people that love you, yet you feel like you stand alone.

It's as if you are in the middle of a big party, jumping up and down, waving your arms, screaming, yet no one hears you...like you are wearing an invisibility suit.


Take mine off? Don't mind if I try...

Walk the Line

I find myself in a bit of a balancing act these days. Trying to find the middle ground between one extreme and another. I want to better myself for the sake of my relationships, without losing myself in the process.

There's a fine line in there somewhere...i just have to find it.

Find it and walk it? Don't mind if I do...

The Right Stuff

Ever feel like this??



Take this as a reminder? Don't mind if I do...