... it is sooo tempting to just curl up & skip clearing out a corner of the kitchen. Takes more than will power & stern fortitude to kick butt - it takes IMAGINATION. That is the secret ingredient left out by most "self help" best sellers & gurus.
The message about imagination powering our life was taught to me by Chief Detective Inspector Charles Parker, in Dorothy Sayers' Clouds of Witness. Talking with Lord Peter Wimsey, his best chum & future brother-in-law, he asks if his lordship's brother, the Duke of Denver, understands the seriousness of the charge of murder that has been made against him.
Peter explains that both he & his brother's solicitor (family lawyer) have made it clear & that Gerry seems to understand.
And Charles asks, "But does he really understand it? I mean, imaginatively?" (or words to that extent).
To which, Peter shoots him a look that says, "No."
Have always remembered hearing Mark Eden's Charles deliver that line to Ian Carmichael's Peter. I was still in college when that mega-watt light bulb went on in my head - information needs to be powered by imagination to be fully empowering.
The truly successful people in my life can SEE their end as soon - before - they set out to reach it, who seem to brush away whatever obstructs the view of what's to them an already existing whatever.
If I'd remained true to simply here & now reality, I'd still be in my cozy bed, taking a languid nap instead of dashing off a post before heading down to clear off a counter. But I can sense feel see how empty I'd feel tonight if I let it slide. I've given a tip of my hat to DLS for such an insightful line, am about to put the final period on this post & then it's off to the kitchen!
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