I = Imagination

The power to create in ones mind.

 

One can only be grateful for the ability to imagine,

to create and to achieve.

When you can imagine things in your mind

and bring them to fruition,

it can be one of the most rewarding feelings. 

Remembering as a child the excitement of riding a bicycle all  on my own.

hmmm: this is coming from someone who used to ride a tricycle on two wheels...

leaning over to either the left or right.

 

All I could think of was a two wheeler.

 "Man those other kids were sooooo lucky," I'd think to myself

and then slip into my imagination of me on my own bike

going around the block by myself,

 riding down to the Drive In Park

and riding around that big circle of fun.

 Hair blowing with the wind,

and not a care in the world.

Then it came!

My eighth birthday.

a really big 28" wheel Supercycle

turquoise, with that old familiar two tone single seat and low bars.

 Wow, I was right in my imagination.

I was so excited, and off I went

(with permission of course)

around the block

in my pajamas!

Didn't think of that part at the time but ya pajamas.

So now everything I had imagined was coming true

and the park was the next destination once I was properly dressed.

 

That bicycle stayed with me for a dozen or so years

with a few transformations brought forth with more imagination.

I imagined ape handlebars, a white single seat,

cover the frame with black and white  designed Mactac

and Ba Boom!

it was my "Vehicle"

Everyone knew it by that too.

Later on it was sprayed flat black,

the chain guard fell off

and it was yet with another set of imaginations

that I would try off roading.

Damn

who knew that if you hit a hill jumping off an erosion

you could possibly land on a private part and really hurt yourself

not to mention bust the frame of your Vehicle.

Damn I think that hurt more than I did.

Well, with the gang of friends,

 we ended up a few blocks away from that jump,

enlisted a Dad to do some fancy welding

and we were off again to hit the high trails.

Don't think my mother even noticed that weld

coz if she had have, she may have had a bit of a fit.......

 

A couple of years after the Vehicle was put to rest,

I moved on to 750k Honda and there was no holding me back. Well, other than the rain but then the alternative ole Camero came in pretty handy .

Fast forward a couple years

I imagined having children

and somehow life changed........

 ~ IMAGINE THAT ~

So to say that I am grateful for imagination is an understatement

and one that I hold close to my heart.

 

Some of the greatest things in our life began with imagination and on that same token,

 some pretty crappy things too.

Some people have the tendency to use their imagination to create their own chaos

and imagine that.... they live it too.

awe well,

what ever shoots their ducks........

 

Cheers to our imaginations

What you choose to do with them is totally up to you.