The power of reading, imagining and facing Fear.
By: Hidouri Belkiss
Tags: Fear, Imagination, Reading, Art, Psychology

The power of reading, imagining and facing Fear.

Reading:

You know how much i love it.

Thanks to all the books I’ve read, im able to think, analyse and comprehend.

Did you notice that I mentioned the action of reading, not the books themselves?

Many people love books, they do read, but they do not understand much. That’s why it’s called reading comprehension. They could read the words, but they understand nothing. And right here comes the difference between a book lover and a good reader. The key to growing wiser after each reading is to get the message that the writer tries to transmit.

It is important to understand the writer’s intentions, since words can have many different meanings, only few ones are actually meant by the writer.

Imagination:

This is one of the most powerful tools I’ve ever used.

Everything is limited, including imagination. But when you read, the limits will extend until nothing can stop you from imagining anything anymore.

I believe that imagination is something similar to probability, artistically speaking.

When you imagine something, you’re actually stating one probable action among an infinite loop of possibilities.

And it’s not only about actions, I personally can imagine sounds, tastes, smells, physical sensations and emotions.

This doesn’t make me an impractical daydreamer, it actually strengthens my creative abilities and it’s a great tool for recreating my life and remodeling my world.

Reading and imagining make your mind Work. Hence, you’ll start thinking.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated. But it becomes obvious to me that we are what we think.

There’s absolutely no difference between anyone of us except from the way we think, our thoughts is what makes the difference.

That’s probably why babies are relatively the same, their needs are quite the same.

As they grow older, they start thinking, learning and understanding. That’s when differences start to show up.

The older they get, the more different their thoughts become, and so their lives…

And by the way, i find it silly that, despite all the differences, they tend to try to be as similar as possible, as regular and as standard as possible.

Instead of looking at the mirror and wondering “does that make sense?”… all too often, instead of trusting. their inner wisdom, that genius inside of them, most people go along with the crowd. They do things because everybody else does it. They conform rather than question. Often, they mindlessly repeat what they have been told.

I have. only one word that may explain the reasons why they behave this way.

It’s FEAR.

The fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems, to understand their needs and get along well with themselves.

It is that same fear, the fear of ostracism that causes people to conform and not question commonly accepted opinions or popular trends.

Why do people strongly believe that what worked for someone else will eventually work for them?

Why don’t we absorb the fact that we’re different, we have different paths, mindsets, moods, needs and feelings.

There’s no magic ingredient that may work for all of us. So why don’t we fight our fears and start THINKING individually.

If only everyone in the world could trully understand. himself and become able to fully express himself and communicate!

If only we could stop seeking for solutions that are not meant to solve our problems…