Joseph
Joubert once said, “He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet”. That means having a great
imagination is wonderful, but a great imagination without the actions that make
your imagination a reality makes your imagination useless. I can recall many times in life when I had
imagination but did not know how to turn it into reality.
I was in the 4th grade
when our teacher gave us a project about the earth’s crust. We had to make a
model of the earth that shows all the layers of the earth. She challenged my
class by telling us she would give us bonus points if we did not use any Styrofoam
or clay figures to depict our model. My competitive nature provoked me to
accept my teacher’s challenge. I went home and brainstormed for an entire hour.
Ding, my imaginary light bulb lit up like a Christmas tree. “I am going to use
food for the model,” I said. I could not use just any food; I needed a
substitute for clay or Styrofoam. “I will use…cookie dough!” With the help of my
mom, we formed a huge ball of chocolate chip cookie dough and cut it down the
middle to show the layers of the earth. I got 115 out of 100 points because I was
the only one in my class that did not use clay or Styrofoam. I achieved such a
high score because I was not afraid to accept the challenge.
When you believe in something it’s like
a strong gut feeling. It’s like taking a
jump shot in basketball and you have the feeling that it was going in the goal
no matter what. Imagination and intelligence are the reasons people like Bill
Gates are successful to this day. Bill Gates took what he knew about technology
and added it to his imagination and as a result expanded technology.
In conclusion, belief is when you
trust something or someone. I believe imagination with the help of intelligence
will equal success of some form or fashion but keep in mind that success can
seem as small as a spec for one person and as big as it gets for another.
