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Friday, August 6, 2010

The JOY of Imagination

Life would be pretty boring without imagination.  Everything would be literal.  We would have no figurative language, no sarcasm, no creativity.  After all, you have to imagine to create.  I guess if God hadn't given us imaginations, we'd have a hard time believing in Him.
Today I was able to take some kids on an imaginary journey.  Kindergarten and first graders have the best imaginations.  Watching them "come along" with me as I described the desert and our imaginary ride into the city on a bumpy road (all of us bouncing up and down the whole time) while being crammed into a small van with no air conditioning was truly joyful.  My only regret is that I didn't have enough eyes to watch each one of their reactions individually.  Those are images I would love to have stamped into my brain.  Yes, it is a joy to have an imagination.

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