Imagination

There are different species of animals in our planet. They are intelligent in a way, but what makes us humans different? Yes, we do not have the strength of a bull, the power of flight of the birds, the agility of the cheetah, nor the poison of the cobra. We do not have these abilities but we have our imagination. These animals here have their own unique abilities but we differ from them in a very important way. They cannot perform the ability we call imagining. They cannot make mental images of how reality might be; they merely act by their own instincts. They cannot envision what we call the past and the future.

This ability which is to imagine is the most decisive part of our intelligence. This ability helps us in solving problems and in making something happen. In what way does imagination helps us make something happen? Think of a sculptor as an example; doesn’t he use imagination in making a masterpiece? A concrete proof is the great wonders of the world: didn't it started from the united thoughts of the people who envisioned and imagined it? Therefore, I can proudly say that imagination has a great effect in making things happen.

One drawback of this is that we do not choose to control our imaginations, we imagine wondrous things and we also imagine terrible things by nature. It’s now up to us whether we will use it to create a better world or to induce chaos and destruction.

--Jeffrey Saguinsin--