I've been taking some time to think about seemingly stupids thing the last couple days since I'm in "introspective mode" due to our heading into the coldest part of winter. It seems like a mental hibernation, but it all started with a trip to NY where I pretended I was someone else and totally enjoyed being on vacation from home and from me. This is something I've always known, being able to do the exercise of the "other" where you envision yourself in the same room with you and begin to pick out what strikes you about yourself. Then it develops into a conversation, then a supportive friendship where you're allowed to be critical and even hurt yourself if you're not careful. The point is to recognize who the "other" you is and embrace him if they are most like you or reject him if he stifles you.

I always dream most vividly when I know I have something to look forward to the next day. It being Sunday, I had the coming week to look forward to, so my dream became a continuation of my thoughts concerning the all-important "3 wishes" question. Here's what I think would be the best 3 wishes, or I should say what I KNOW would be the best because I lived them out in a dream sequence (and they are long because wishes have to be VERY well-explained or they won't be what you want):

Wish the First: To be able to control time to the point where I can come and go to any place and any time, whenever I commit to it mentally through a series of decisions, either alone or with other people as long as they are touching some portion of my body. I along with my group would be able to interact with people and things but not be hurt (physiologically or mentally), noticed as a foreigner, remembered, recorded, or able to leave behind any proof that we were there - we would be observers but able to experience fully all aspects of sensory perception. All devices we brought along would function as normally intended (pace makers, watches, etc) and we'd be allowed to bring back only perishable (not living) things.

Wish the Second: The ability to fly. Flying would be triggered by a slight lift of the chin as well as mental decision to fly at which point weightlessness occurs and hovering begins. Control would work mostly through movement of the head and upper body and can be further defined by what ever motions I decide. Other people can fly with me but only when I'm flying myself and I designate them the capability (to keep a bunch of people from flying around willy-nilly). If for some reason I black out or am hurt during flight, my body would hover until I regain consciousness and land normally.

Wish the Third: This last wish was a hard one. Instead of "be invisible when I want" or "walk through walls" I decided it would be much better to wish that my family and friends enjoy good health, good fortune, ultimately attain their life goals and find love. The benefits of this wish would pass from one generation to another and would flow horizontally as well to friends of my children and their families for as long as it was remembered and deserved.

So there you have it. What would you wish for?