Use your Imagination
Breathing Life , Imagination , Life , Possibilities / November 5, 2015

I have two young boys. They are tremendous. Today after playing JENGA (block game), for about half an hour we decided to play super heroes. The tremendous thing about young boys is they don’t need much help in using their imagination. We all pretended that each of us was a superhero. Then I told a story about a ‘demon wolf’, a ‘monster’, ‘alien’ or other creature that was attacking us. We played this game for at least half an hour, so there were many different ‘bad guys’, and many different scenarios. I told the story first and then each of us acted out our parts. In the end we achieved victory and gave each other high fives and handshakes congratulating each other on being able to save the world once again. It really does feel good to save the world. Let me ask you. When did you last use your imagination in this way? I spent this time with my boys and I wondered what I have taught them. Often they are in competition and fight each other. In this game we used our imaginations and worked together. Unity, teamwork and fun all in our imagination. If you want to…