my incessant perceptions

“ How important is Imagination? ”

It is a very pertinent question if I consider the frantic and materialistic world of today-how many of us even recognise the word ‘imagination’?
Aren’t most of us guilty of giving in to ideas imposed upon us by some authority without reflecting on their consequences? Doesn’t the daily schedule of work quench us of our thinking process? Don’t we end up mugging formulae and theorems at the last minute while preparing for exams without analysing their excellent applications in our subject?
This highlights the need to ignite the power of our virtuous mind via some prospects that promise to boost up our ideas and help us keep up the ‘never say die’ spirit. The real essence of imagination can only be realised when we perceive that our mind becomes quite a rotten fruit when we tend to succumb to foreign ideas at all instants. After all how can a person expect excellence in all prospects if he just relies on the feedback from others’ thoughts? If one delves into the depth of inner self, he will soon realise that not only does imagination maintain our inherent vitality but also helps enriching and constructive thoughts prevail over the destructive ones. It’s a constant phenomenon, our belief determines our actions and the latter determine the results but first we have to learn to intensify our belief in ourselves and that is again possible via effective imagination.
We ought to realise that great visionaries of today wouldn’t have been possible if they had not mastered the art of imagination, if they had not relied on their innovative ideas and if they had not maintained an incessant belief in the fact that dreams do come true, what it requires is just will power. A real student is one who craves for excellence through original thinking and not via illogical cramming, who endeavours to take his learning to the highest level through his ideas even though the path may seem less lucrative in the beginning. Imagination has yet another very significant contribution, it is the propeller of curiosity. A very famous quote related to curiosity goes as such-‘a great idea is but a subtle product of mind and curiosity is what fuels it to action’.
It is a well established fact that knowledge is of no use to a person without an imaginative mind, because it is imagination in the end that helps us to apply our knowledge for benefit, be it to the society or the world in general. Crammed up knowledge does not have the strength of standing up in front of everyday practicalities of life. It is imagination itself that triumphs at the end. So, let us all take a vow that we would not let the termites of dullness eat up the inherent art of imagination that the human mind possesses and continue with the plethora of inventive thoughts.