Dreaming big

This refers to the article, ‘Dreaming big’ (February 8, Money Matters). The article has touched a very profound subject of dreaming and the power of imagination. Or to use a more technical and scientific term: the power of creative visualisation, which has mainly been the prerogative of the West so far, enabling countries like America to create a staggering amount of wealth and prosperity.

The article confined the use of dreaming big to the corporate sector but the same principles can be invoked in a larger national context and an analogy can be drawn for nations that are built when great leaders motivate and inspire their fellow countrymen by making them visualise success and people follow. Unfortunately, we lack visionary leaders. How can the masses feel enthused and motivated to think better and bigger when our rulers have no or flawed vision for the country, except perhaps to get re-elected come election time. We desperately need a statesman who knows how to rekindle people’s imagination to address urgent goals of mass literacy, health and justice for all, leading to a prosperous and coherent nation. Such a leader has to come from within us, and not from a parallel universe.

Danish Aftab

Islamabad