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Word of the Day: Run wild
We should encourage young people to let their imaginations run wild.
As we do that, we should also create a system to nurture the creativity, spontaneity and gaiety that comes from it.
There are two negative nuances to letting things or people run wild.
The first is to behave in an uncontrolled way and be naughty.
Doing crazy things against the law or things that get you into trouble fall into this category.
The second is to allow unwanted plants to take over your garden or other areas.
Plants have run wild in Chernobyl and taken over the city since everyone left.
That brings me to the third nuance of run wild, which is to allow or even enable people to be extremely free.
Some of the greatest songs, thoughts and inventions humanity has ever had occurred because people let their imaginations run wild.
This freedom to think outside the box, no matter how crazy or outlandish it may initially seem, is what creativity is all about.
For some reason, we tend to lose that as we age.
Or is it that we ignore it?
Perhaps as we age, we focus too much on the practical and not enough on the possible.
Part of getting in touch with our creative side is allowing ourselves to let our hair down once in a while, run wild, and do something foolish.
Try dancing in the kitchen while baking bread, singing Karaoke in the shower, or composing poetry while waiting in line at the bank.
I’m not saying you’ll create anything worth writing home about, but I guarantee it’ll make you feel alive.
Go ahead, let yourself and your imagination run wild today.
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