Being prepared for all the things we must endure in life is essential to our survival. The lessons we have learned up to now, help us conform to an understanding of how life (in part) works. Our experiences have tempered us with skills we apply to every facet of our future. Yet the genius of humanity is not built from experiences, but built from ingenuity. Even though our perception of reality is limited by our senses, our mind has the great gift of imagination and dreams.
We can visualize scenarios and outcomes that our senses cannot help us perceive. It is the gift that allows a painter to paint "true" beauty even though he has never seen it. The gift musicians have to write words and music that inspire all those around them. A gift that helps a child stay alive and have great compassion for others, even though abuse is all that child knows. Our abilities to daydream and imagine help us know more about our place in the unfathomable cosmic reality of the universe. Our faith in a better life, distinguishes our need to survive.
Our future is not dependant on what we have as "credentials", but what we have as hopes and dreams. The future of humanity is our clarity on life, and the value we have for our expectations of happiness and love.
-A. Malik
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