Fierce Tip of the Week: Imagine

One of my favorite books when I was a child was And To That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss. Now that I have my own little girl, I have started to read it to her and have found myself gaining a new found appreciation for it.

The book centers on a child, Marco, who has a magical ability to see beyond the facts of daily life and turn any situation into an exciting one – with just his imagination. Marco’s father, who is puzzled by his son, asks Marco to tell him what he sees every day on his walk home from school. When a plain horse and wagon are on Mulberry Street, Marco sees more than that. Marco’s imagination takes the horse and wagon and transforms them into a reindeer pulling a sleigh to a zebra pulling a chariot to an Elephant pulling a great big brass band.

Marco sees the possibilities.

This week I encourage you to put your adult brain aside and look at the world, not as it is but what it could be. Refuse to see just a plain horse and wagon. Imagine more.