How we chose the path forward?


How do we get from WHAT IS to WHAT SHOULD BE?

How do we move from where we are to where we could be without getting lost in the complexity?

One answer is - imagination.

Not the grand, flashy kind often celebrated in brainstorming sessions, but the quiet, subtle type that unfolds moment by moment, as naturally as breathing.
The type that quietly guides our decisions and shapes our future.

Here’s a brief meditation on the idea, accompanied by—what else—images of imagination.

Yours,

Sagi

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