#542 down the rabbit hole

"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things."  

"I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen.  "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day.  Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast".   

-- Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published on this date in 1865 -- quite the radical and forward thinking publication for the era.  Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Dodgson -- a mathematics professor at Oxford.  I guess his day job of working with the literal inspired him to express his creativity in other ways.  

All of us have aspects of our work that requires being grounded in reality.  For many, this occurs for the majority of our time!  

How can you take a lesson from Dodgson and find an alternate outlet for your creativity?  Even if it is nothing more than lying in bed for a few extra minutes in the morning or pushing your mind while in the shower, can you set your imagination free at least once a day?  You may just dream up a character that becomes a cultural icon.  

-- beth triplett
leadershipdots.blogspot.com

@leadershipdots
leadershipdots@gmail.com