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...