Stretching imagination. (IM 425)

Someone once said beautifully, “You can’t become what you can’t see.” That is why we must first learn to see ourselves in the place we want to reach before we actually arrive there.

Stretching the imagination means building a powerful belief system. It means visualizing ourselves at the furthest edge of our desire and possibility. It is not fantasy for its own sake. It is the inner act of giving shape to a future that does not yet exist in visible form.

It asks us to picture our dream life even when our present reality looks completely different. It asks us to see the project before it begins, the result before the process is complete, and the person before that person is fully formed. Brainstorming matters, but stretching the imagination goes further. It is what keeps dreams and projects alive for the long run.

Stretching the imagination is one of the keys to success.