Imagine A Better World

Pilar Zeta Image 2 via Tumblr
Pilar Zeta Image 2 via Tumblr

Day 9: A – Z Challenge

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” — Albert Einstein

I recently read, Einstein’s Dreams, by Alan Lightman. In it, he imagines Einstein’s theories of time, through a series of chapters where time moves too quickly, too slowly, or not at all. In some of Einstein’s imaginative ideas, time moves more slowly if you live at a higher elevation. The whole short novel examines and re-imagines life on earth from the perspective of science and spirituality.

Imagine a world at peace.

What sort of world would you build if you could build any sort of world?

I vote for a cooperative, spiritual, diverse, open-hearted world, that fosters creativity, scientific discovery, and sustainable systems for growing food and running businesses. I vote for a kinder world where everyone has enough and no one hoards too much. A world without bombs, guns, strife, or hunger.

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us and the world will live as one.” — John Lennon, Imagine

Imagine a world where women and girls are safe.

Imagine what might be possible if women everywhere didn’t have to constantly be on guard for predatory behavior. Imagine a beautiful world that cherished all children; a world where they are never harmed, never touched inappropriately, never shamed.

I vote for a world where childhood is a time of curious joy. I vote for a world where I and my sisters, mother, aunts, cousins, and girl friends can take walks under the stars without fear or repercussion.

Imagine a world where men are allowed to feel empathy.


Imagine what might be possible if boys weren’t told that ‘only sissies cry.’

I vote for a world where a man’s strength doesn’t preclude his vulnerability.

I vote for a world that protects and nurtures boys; one that doesn’t kill their spirits before they can even come of age.

Imagine a world where everyone has a fighting chance.

Imagine a world where the rich cannot buy their way out of regulation, skirt the rules, buck the system. Imagine a world where poverty and illness are not seen as character flaws.

“The Universe is made of stories, not atoms.” — Muriel Rukeyser

Imagine a world where you are not judged by your behavior on your worst day. Imagine a world where you’re allowed to learn from your mistakes.

Imagine what might be possible if we wrote a new story for this fragile world. An inclusive, open, hopeful story.

Imagine how beautiful that would be.

© 2015  Shavawn M. Berry All rights reserved


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