What would you change if you had a magic wand?

No planting them in cornfields? Awww...I think that creepy kid from the Twilght Zone just wished people there, no wand involved, so indeed, that doesn't count here.

Sam,
You bet, I'd like join you in changing our pups. If their bad toileting keeps up, they'll be changed into outside dogs, full time!

However, I may make one hell of a batch of sunkapi' and feed everyone on a2k! I might even reach in and honor someone with a head! You figure out which pup and who the recipient might be.

Wow, I knew that Wiyaka was pissed at the dogs, but stewing them? I don't think so. they're all too old and tough anyway.

What I had originally wanted to say is that: This thread is dangerous for me. My imagination is like a sled dog, let it go and it just keeps on running. It will come home later tongue hanging out, covered in mud, smelling of dead fish, with a silly expression and then flop over and expect a brisket scritch.

Sam

Nothing much, Wi. I really feel that life is a crucible. Who knows what demons we would release should we alter time. I fantasize often, and that is a wonderful way to wish.

I always tried to raise my children the way my parents did NOT raise me.

That didn't work either. Nor should it.

Letty,

Yes, but it sure is fun to let your imagination run wild. Not that we can actually make the fantasies real. They can occasionally be the catalyst for real change and/or growth.

Sam

Resisting the urge to imagine, but my tummy won't let me. It keeps saying FEED ME!

Sam, when I move into the world of fantasy, it's usually through the medium of poetry. There, in that milieu, I find myself. and sometimes other kindred spirits. Sometimes, not.

Letty

<hug>

We all have different ways of doing simular things. Ain't diversity grand.

Sam

and a big hug to you, Sam. Waves wand and vanishes..Poof!

If I could take the wand off my alter and change things I would first change the religious status of this country. > yes, yes I know i am supposed to change something about ME but.. that is my soap box :wink: <

After that I would take my wand and bring my tits back ABOVE the equator, get my 19 yr old body back, met my husband when i was 20 instead of now, NEVER sold my aol stock shares for what I did ,and ensure that my wand would do anything else I wanted from here on out.

on second thought, i would use the wand to reinstate magic!

blessed be ! i second that !

Dear Ladies,

Who ever said that there is no magic in the world? Wishes come true every day. Spells are woven, for good or ill every second, of every day and the miraculous is common place. Look and you will see.

Regaining a 19 year old body takes only hard work and determination, regaining a 19 year old outlook and spirit, that is but a moments effort.


Sam

WOW! Good post Sam. Thanks.

doglover,



Sam

Me - I'd stay the same I am - good loking, blue-eyed, blonde-haired, ideal weight, 30-years old, sport/music talented male.

What I'd change - I want to have good understanding, great knowledge, deep insight. I want more of that stuff intelligence. I want that understanding of Goethe, the insight of Gauss, the brainspeed of Ramanujan.

I'd like to see cosmos the way Einstein did, I'd like to feel the peace of Gandhi's soul.

Hell, I'd trade in some of my bodily features to be able to know about consciousness and origins of life and the Universe.

But for all that I'd need a magic wand. And with it, anything loses sense, charm and interest. With it in my hand, I'd probably see all is a great farce, just a show running on a gigantic TV, and the wand in my hand is really a remote control. Now then what i'd really like is to know what the hell IS real, and there my wand would suddenly fail miserably like a real TV remote fails when you try to use it to switch channels in real life..

Relative

Relative,

Of all the wishes presented I like yours best. You have a magic wand already, the desire to become...

Sam

I didnt need my wand for todays lesson in love or appreciation. I saw my daughters first tooth this morning. :-) Right now, I wouldnt change a thing. Even IF my wand was on super-drive!! hahaha

Relative,]

Reality is an individual thing. This is something that was drummed into us in my psych classes and counseling classes. Who has the right to impose their "reality" on anyone else? Unfortunately, many psychologists and psychiatrists try playing God and force their beliefs on others. This is why I quit working for money in that field, it's contrary to accepting another as they are.

The only time I would try to shift another's reality is when they harm others. Themselves? If an adult. I say "Fine, go ahead, just don't make it messy." If a child, try to get them to understand the ramifications of their actions on others, especially those they care for.

There is a saying, "Nuerotics build castles in the skies. Psychotics live in them and psychiatrists (counsellors) collect the rent" Does that make it easier to understand?

BTW The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is 42, according to "The Hichhiker's Guide to the Universe." Apparently, the rest is all commentary and individual interpretation.

Shewolf,

I understand that pleasure. All three of my kids and two of my grandkids cut their first teeth on my knuckle. I even have a few scars to prove it.

shewolfnm,

Wow, her first tooth! The magic is not that the tooth came in, but in how it effected you.
How old is your little one? Is she till amazed by everything? It is such a joy to witness the surprise on a child's face when they see a butterfly. Oh to reclaim the ability to be amazed, surprised and delighted by everything around us. That would indeed be magical.

Sam

Wiyaka wrote:


I'd say nobody (as your rhetoric question already explains). Also I'd add nobody knows what reality is, and even he does not know.
But IF reality exists, I doubt it is individual. But a lot's been said even here in these forums about that.

Beliefs, on the other hand, are not reality; they are what stands between the reality and us. We live in a shell that contains pearls and pains, and we occasionally peek out from it, if only with one eye. If it would be possible to impose the reality on other people (causing them to open up), THAT would be a job for the magic wand, provided we knew what reality is.

For now, I just know reality is

Relative.