Today's challenge topic is awesome; a question we all dream of from childhood and on through adulthood - If I had a super power what would it be?!?! .....
I always wanted to fly. Do you remember those dreams from when you're young where you actually feel yourself flying? You're running, or even falling and then all of a sudden there's a churn in your stomach as you lift up, and you're flying. Then there's always the challenge to see how long you can make it last. I haven't had one of those dreams for so long now!
After considering this question a little further though, I realised if I had a superpower, I would like it to be the power of healing. While initially I thought how fun it would be to fly, morph, transport or have super human speed, if I could heal wounds with a touch, cure disease and ease the mind of mental illness, the opportunity to help others and my own life would be endless.
Then, true to self, I probably thought about the topic a little too hard, The more I think about super powers, the more I realise how daunting they might be, perhaps even a burden! They would most certainly be life altering - and I don't mean just on an individual level. If I were to have the power of healing, would that mean that less and less people would pass on? Would we then become over populated as humanity increased at a quicker rate than the technology to provide them with quality of life? Or would my fellow super powered humans have sorted the answer to that question already?!?! My life could be akin to that of A-List celebrity in regards to public attention, but perhaps without the perks of a creative industry and wads of cash, plus the added weight of responsibility as I could perhaps be messing with the mystery of karma, destiny, etc etc!!!......hmmmm, not really that appealing.
No matter what your super power, imagine what might happen the more people found out and the more you used it - both positive and negative.... perhaps I should stick to flying - gut instincts are most often the best ones!!!
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