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Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! ~Dr. Seuss
One of my greatest talents is my creativity, today I am grateful for an active imagination.
I enjoy looking at the world through my eyes, because the perception I have of things is much different than most others. I also enjoy that my brain works in a different way than most other people, instead of looking for the normal thing to say during the middle of a conversation, it actively looks for the most inappropriate response it can find, and by inappropriate, I don’t necessarily mean obscene, I just mean that everyone is trying to go right, and I take the conversation on a quick journey to the left.
This morning I woke up laughing at a joke I had dreamed, the great thing is this time it actually makes a little bit of sense. It still needs work, I have to find out how to make it resonate truth, and eventually it will become something I will use.
This talent comes from opening myself up to whatever source it is I find these ideas from, wherever it is this bizarre imagination of mine gets its permission to run free. I give myself permission to look silly, stupid, and sometimes a bit crazy, but it works, you can’t be self-conscious, and funny. However, I do have to be careful, sometimes my brain thinks a bit too quickly, and instead of blurting out the whole joke to some people, only the punchline pops out, and I now just look like some insane man spouting off random thoughts, which in some cases can make the whole incident that much funnier.
I feel sorry for people who lack an imagination, and especially those who can’t find the humor in themselves. I personally can’t help but take a look in the mirror and laugh, and think, “God has a warped sense of humor.” We are funny looking creatures, with weird appendages that pop out of the strangest places, and the funniest thing of all, is that’s what we find sexy in our mates.
Laugh, let your mind wander, open yourself up to the thoughts that are out there, bouncing around in the ether. This is where ideas come from, this is where jokes, art, books, movies live, this is where we should all reside, in our imaginations.
