March 23, 2021  

Seeing all the chalk art in the neighborhood makes me recall my favorite scene in Mary Poppins, in which the main characters jump into one of Bert’s drawings, as if it were normal. It takes imagination to understand the sequence, so it’s fitting that the film’s audience is children. Using our imagination need not be reserved for fantasy, though. We can apply it to bring about real results. For example, reaching for something that hasn’t been done or doesn’t exist isn’t always logical. When given careful thought and consideration, however, it can become the reasonable thing to do. The catch is, letting ourselves go there. Shedding old beliefs and ignoring reality some of the time requires a lot of believing in the unknown. But, the payoff is discovery. And, new experiences are what we live for, even when they only take place in the mind.