I was watching Stargate SG-1 and one of the episodes is called Moebius.  In it, the poor people overthrow their dictator (pharaoh).  The same day I was watching it this story appeared Mubarak resigns, hands power to military.  It seemed to me that often fiction predicts reality.

Yes of course the time differences are great, but the general themes are always there.  More evidence is available here:

• 15 SCI-FI PREDICTIONS THAT CAME TRUE
• 11 Astounding Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True
• 5 Amazing Things Invented by Donald Duck
• Sesame Street character Bert’s face found on stink bug

More importantly is that we always need to imagine something before we do it.  Everything that I have accomplished in my life I have imagined it first.  The reality of life has always been better than my imagination.  So I am learning to imagine bigger things, and seeing what happens.  Don’t dream big, imagine big.