Faith & Life Inspirational Message

I have long been fascinated by imagination.   We only have to spend a little time with kids to witness the power of imagination.   Even fairly young kids---toddlers---can imagine with the best of them.   Imagination is the formation of ideas and images, which are not present to us.   Imagination is, as the dictionary tells us, a creative ability.   Imagination is able to create worlds that don’t yet exist.   Imagination fosters alternative worlds.   Imagination is the key to the future. If memory is the key to the past, imagination is the key to the future.   Memory often is quite a treasure.   Memory is the way we capture mentally those times, which have passed.   Memory preserves.   I have fond memories of some of my own childhood days.   I have quite fond memories of the times my two little girls were growing up, learning things and beginning to make lives of their own.   I am very thankful for the gift of memory. ...

I confess up front that the title for this inspirational reflection is stolen from a recent article by David Brooks who uses the same title.   I am a regular reader of Brooks, not because I agree with everything he says, but because every thing he says is so thoughtful and insightful.   He takes on big, important issues and deals with them in a way that I have to take seriously.   In this article Brooks focuses on artificial intelligence.             I confess, too, that I know virtually nothing about artificial intelligence.   Rather than take pride in my ignorance, I am worried about it.   I know that ignorance is seldom good---especially for the one who does not know.   And that is precisely the point of Brooks’ trenchant treatment of the topic.   I figure if I am ignorant, at least I ought to know of what I am ignorant!   What are the issues?      ...

I have long been fascinated by imagination.   We only have to spend a little time with kids to witness the power of imagination.   Even fairly young kids---toddlers---can imagine with the best of them.   Imagination is the formation of ideas and images, which are not present to us.   Imagination is, as the dictionary tells us, a creative ability.   Imagination is able to create worlds that don’t yet exist.   Imagination fosters alternative worlds.   Imagination is the key to the future. If memory is the key to the past, imagination is the key to the future.   Memory often is quite a treasure.   Memory is the way we capture mentally those times, which have passed.   Memory preserves.   I have fond memories of some of my own childhood days.   I have quite fond memories of the times my two little girls were growing up, learning things and beginning to make lives of their own.   I am very thankful for the gift of memo...