According to C. Wright Mills, the sociological imagination is when an individual sees his society as the potential cause of his daily successes and failures. Individuals often tend to view their personal problems as social problems and try to connect their individual experiences with the functioning of society. Mills believes this is how individuals can gain an understanding of their personal dilemmas. The sociological imagination helps people connect their own problems with public problems and their history. In order for an individual to understand the causes of his own problems, he must first be able to understand the causes of the problems in the society in which he lives. The sociological imagination seeks to find the causes of certain social trends and provides a framework for understanding the social world. Having a sociological imagination is vital as it is important for individuals to have a way to relate their personal problems to the problems of society at large. Without the means to create these relationships, it is not possible to see how social issues influence them. (Mills, 1959) The world is full of social forces. A social force is anything in society that has the ability to make changes and influence others. Social forces are created by society. They exist outside of the individual; however, they still affect the individual. Social forces shape how we relate to and behave with each other as a society. Many times we don't even realize when social forces influence us. They often penetrate inside us without us realizing it. From time to time, when an individual performs an act, he believes he is doing it solely because that is what he feels like doing. When a sudden idea... in the center of the card... represents the nature of society and its relevance to the daily life of each individual. It is the understanding that certain social experiences and behaviors lead to other outcomes. The sociological imagination, combined with existing social forces, often controls how an individual will behave in a given situation. It is good that a person sometimes takes his eyes off the sociological imagination and social forces of society and creates his own ideas. Marcus Aurelius once said, “The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.” Let your thoughts be your own rather than those of social forces. Works Cited Cox, R.W. (1986). Social forces, states and world orders. In ORKeohane, neorealism and its critics (pp. 205-210). New York: Columbia University Press.Mills, C.W. (1959). The sociological imagination. Oxford University Press.