Quotes on Imagination

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.” Sir Francis Bacon

This quote on imagination illustrates one of the dichotomies of being human.  We all have an imagination which lets us be anything we want and we also have a sense of humor for when reality lets us know that we are not super human.
Often, people want to be and do it all and our imaginations might make it so that we believe that those things are possible.  We may be a little too optimistic about what we can take on, what we can do and who we can be.  However, when we take on too much we invariably can’t do it all and then we may consider that we have failed.  But that is untrue.  We haven’t failed at all, we have simply reached a little too far.

This is where a great since of humor comes in.  When you realize that you are just human, and can’t be expected to be it all – or expect yourself to do it all, you can start to take yourself a little less seriously.  So what if you forgot to hand in an assignment, or did something embarrassing in public or forget to pay your bills on time.  No one is perfect, and if you laugh at your own little mistakes and foibles, it is so much easier.

Although at times, you may feel like you are not living up to your full potential, or that you aren’t good enough, but as Sir Francis Bacon says, it is for reasons like this that we have a sense of humor.  We have the option to laugh and find humor in this fact, which eases the negativity associated with self doubt and a pessimistic attitude.

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