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We truly live in a world of wonder! Our great forefathers may have dreamed of knowing the whole world, but we have actually accomplished it. I imagine it won't be much longer before even the very ocean depths are living areas for adventurous souls. We take for granted that something can happen on the other side of the world, and we sit in our living rooms, watching it happen on our smart phones. Incredible.
All this access makes it easy to forget just how vast this world is, or how much is in it. Have you ever wondered if we've seen everything that matters? It reminds me of the old philosophers and thinkers who claimed that everything which could be invented had already been so forget about making anything new. Rubbish then and now. I hope we never forget that there's always something new, something unseen, and something special just around the corner.
I really miss the wide-eyed fascination of children. To them there is only the new and fresh, never old and boring. Every day I try to see things in a new way. Have you imagined gravity working from a different direction? Or perhaps imagined you were sitting on the wall staring down at the ground? How about if every light patch were dark and the darkness brightly lit? Or, goldfish are amazing because they look like they're blowing bubbles? Imagination isn't necessarily coming up with new things. Just use your imagination to find fresh fascination with a thing you've dealt with for years. How could you make it even better? Such thoughts are the playgrounds of invention.
- M
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