Think It So

Imagine, if you will, that there is a spark of possibility before you.

Do you watch to see if it will erupt?

Or do you toss flammables in its direction?

It’s a simple notion that is complicated by the very nature of the flame: the core material determines the optimal kindling and the outcome is entirely subject to its origin.

But what if, in some incredibly surreal turn of events, you were the catalyst?

It’s no secret that I have a wild, colorful, completely bizarre imagination. (Rabbit hole: I just adore the word “bizarre” don’t you? It captures all sorts of delights.) And it’s certainly no secret that I am an intuitive being – sometimes frightfully so.

But, as is typical, the widely unknown is the most interesting. I often find myself at a crossroads of philosophical fate:

If I think it, it will be.

That’s jacked up, right?

I will literally take a spark of possibility and create an entire life, or duration of it, in my head.

And I’m always right.

It is an honor – albeit a heavy one – to watch these sparks play out in reality. The results might fare better or worse than what I imagined, but in the end, I just know.

The strangest twist of fate, however, lies in how my own sparks of possibility materialize for the benefit of another. I’ve watched many times over as others reach into the deepest corners of my imagination – some moments lightening fast, others steeped over time – and walk away, dragging sparklers of possibility behind them like Santa’s bag of presents.

Or like a hobo thief.

(The acidity of the scenario is entirely dependent on the emotional value of the heist.)

No matter how right or wrong or perfect or flawed the beneficiaries, I suppose my greatest tragedy is that I love them and won’t ever let them wither. I send them along with my faith as kindling that they’ll do well by that one single spark of possibility.

And just as Robert Frost did, I always entertain great hopes, the very act of which is my deepest gratitude in the event that I make off with someone else’s possibility.

(End note: Is your mind blown? Or confused?)