“Imagination is more important than knowledge.  For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

– Albert Einstein

As I gazed at the brilliance of the full moon of April — the Egg Moon — I had to wonder how many dreams had germinated under the night sky by others who found themselves bathed in the magic of moonlight.  There is something about moonlight that calls forth our deepest dreams and lets them swim around our minds to see whether they will take shape and possibly come true.  Perhaps it is as simple as the fact that the rest of the world disappears behind the cloak of darkness when the sun sets.  Without the distraction of what is, we find ourselves free to consider the things that might one day be.  The light of the moon draws our eyes toward the heavens and keeps them focused as they seek light amid the darkness.  Isn’t that what imagination is all about?  Isn’t imagination about stepping out of the confines of our own darkness and discovering new ideas that lie beyond its edges?

When the sun shines brightly, and the whole world is bathed in its white-hot light,  it can sometimes overpower the light that glows within our own hearts and minds.  Perhaps the moon was placed in the heavens so that its soft, reflected light could illuminate our dreams and call them out of hiding to a place where they can grow.  As I gazed last night into the crystal ball that hung above me in the sky, I found my own dreams dancing all around me.  I looked at the moon and I looked at the way it illuminated my most-loved hopes, and I vowed to carry their beauty with me when the sun would rise again.  We all know that it is the sun that supports life and causes things to grow; but I have a suspicion all new life begins beneath the light of the moon.   As Einstein says, “Imagination is everything.  It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”

Come with me tonight.  Bring your imagination with you and watch it dance in the moonlight.  Who knows what might germinate there that will change the world.