Our imagination, as you say, is capable of taking us, both to wonderful situations, and to very unpleasant situations, everything depends on the mood and the strength we have to assume it, if we always see the positive part, or, if we engage in the negative part.
Throughout life, we go through different situations, good and bad, where our imagination can lead us to situations in which we can not lead, everything will depend on the capabilities we have to get out of these situations and of the capacities and capabilities . Effort we use, to achieve dreams or ideal situations to which our imagination takes us.
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