It was amazing to see the transformation of this cynical, negative person into someone who was happy, radiant, and loving. Return to beginning Our imagined world models can become reality . We develop a mental model of our city's streets. We use that mental map to select a route to our destination. An architect planning a house, develops a mental model and commits it to paper.
Builders follow that blueprint to create an actual home.
Some mental models are based upon our perception of reality. However, the power of imagination gives us the power to imagine possible states of the world that do not exist. Our imagination can make mountains out of molehills, or it can create visions of a better world. Our reality checks limit the mental models we can actually believe. But our imagination is almost limitless in the models it can create.