Have you ever looked at clouds and watched “them come to life right before your eyes? It’s something most of us do as children, but can still enjoy as we grow older.

Last night as we were driving home, I had the experience of checking out God’s great expanse of the twilight sky.  We were outside the city limits and you don’t always get a glimpse of a sky where I live.  I could see a storm developing and passing through the white thunder clouds above.  The lightening skipped through these enormous, darkening cotton balls, exposing their radiance in its wake.

There before my eyes – images of flying elephants – Pinocchio with his long nose and silly hat – an alligator which quickly transformed into a fish and again into a snake.  I could’ve sworn I saw Walter Mtthau and Bob Ross up there too, but that’s a whole different story.

Sometimes when we get older our imaginations take a vacation. We lose some of those childlike conceptions of the world around us. I suppose it’s because we don’t always exercise that God given talent.

 I hope I never completely lose track of my ability to imagine or pretend. It is the beginning of all creativity and a necessary part of who we are.

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”

Dr. Seuss