Never Stop Imagining

“Never stop looking for what’s not there.” 

Morgan Freedman has always been one of my favorite actors (even after
that whole March of the Penguins thing…). When I heard that deep, “like God
Himself is speaking” voice say the phrase above, I imagined, and I think quite
rightly, that God was speaking directly to me. 

So, I’m telling you.

There is something about wanting to be accurate… wanting to be correct… wanting to appear intelligent, that erodes our faith, our creativity, and our imagination. At some point in our lives, we stop believing in fairy tales, we start cultivating skepticism, and we begin to lose faith. The unfortunate consequence of not exploring, even clinging to, the improbable is not what we hope it will be (that we appear to be and also feel brilliant), but rather what we fear most (that we become dubious and forlorn).  
 
What if we kept looking in our lives for what doesn’t appear, at first, to be there? What if we didn’t give up our belief in the outrageous? What if we dared to, in a word, hope?

Could you, for one week, suspend your disbelief? Could you meet someone and not wonder what they want from you, but intentionally choose to trust them? Could you speak to someone you already do not trust, and imagine that he, somehow, perhaps even unknown to that person, is working for your good? Could you embark on a new project, expecting it to turn out well instead of mired? Could you imagine, despite what you don’t see in front of you, that you someday will live exactly what you dream? Could you look for that, and allow yourself those precious indulgences of hope and trust? 

I wish you a beautiful week, filled with the things you want but cannot imagine. I wish for you the responses you cannot see yourself getting, and the courage that it takes to ask for them. I wish for you to be happy first, and right second (or third, or not at all… so, what?). I wish for you that you will be able to imagine with conviction that the whole of the Universe is conspiring in your favor, instead of any one part conspiring against you.

For one week, let’s all look for the best in everything, even if we truly believe (and have irrefutable evidence) that it’s not there. If we are not able to “Always,” allow ourselves to look for what’s not there, let’s at least
agree to “ [not] stop looking for what is not there,” or immediately obvious,
for one week. Keep looking.


It may just be the most joyful week of our lives.


 
 
 

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