I love Lego bricks. From my childhood days, they taught me the simple lesson that imagination has no boundaries.
I remember getting my first Lego bricks when I was 7 years old. The packs usually came with a picture of what the bricks could be used to construct. It had something like a small house with Lego people as well. What was really interesting about Lego bricks was that there were no strict rules on what you could build. As soon as I got a new pack, I would mix them up with all the other packs in a large cardboard box. This meant I had a huge selection of mixed pieces that provided me all the tools that I needed to become a budding builder.
I would construct massive structures like miniature skyscrapers, elaborate ships and planes. I even made a moon rover and a moon station improvising with all the bricks I had. I also remember when we were kids, my friend had constructed this volcano that would “erupt” with “lava” (some gooey stuff he had concocted using ingredients from the kitchen and a few chemicals) for a science fair at school. He wanted me to spice it up a bit by adding some Lego to it. I obliged with fallen Lego men, who had succumbed to the lava, as well as upturned vehicles and damaged buildings. Too bad it got only third place, even though we thought it was phenomenal!
Lego bricks are not just classic toys that are collector’s items to be locked away in some museum. Instead they are meant to unlock children’s minds and help us all to think out of the box.
