If you had three wishes
 

If a genie knocked on my door today this is what I would wish for.

1) A billion dollars. This takes care of any material wish I, or anyone around me, has for the rest of our lives. Then I'd buy a big ranch with lots of horses and teach my kids about farming and such (I don't know anything about farming though, so I suppose I'd have to outsource it) and travel the world.

2) A beautiful, thin, healthy body. That takes care of dieting and I wouldn't even need plastic surgery to erase the damage that having kids has done to my body. Besides, who wants to be rich without looking fabulous?

3) For everyone I know to have a healthy, balanced body. This would take care of chemical depression, cancer, etc, and also free people up to focus on getting the most out of life. Keeping it balanced is up to them. You can't wish for everything.

I'd be sure to phrase my wishes just right in case I got a tricky genie who tried to give me a billion dollars by making me a Bush or something. What would you wish for?

1. A wallet that magically regenerates money.

2. The ability to heal with a touch.

3. The ability to fly.

:)

1) Omnipotence.
2) Immortality.
3) a really good ham & cheese sammich.

The poster in the bedroom says,
Imagine if you had three wishes, three hopes, and three dreams and they could all come true.
(anyone know what poster it is?)

1) To never exceed a healthy, yet 30lbs overwieght shape. (thats where I'd like to be, but I dont want to do work for the rest of my life to keep it there)

2) That my son will live to have a successful, and comfortable life.

3) That I can learn to accept the love of those around me, and make a life with it.

1) A bank account, in my name, with an infinite amount of money.

2) I want to fly - but I don't want wings or anything. I just want to be able to will myself to do it like in my dreams.

3) The power to heal - including myself of my weight issues.

So basically - money, health and flying. That about covers it.

and like you said - no tricky genie stuff.

Either that, or I wish that all my wishes would come true from now on.

1) An interesting and satisfying (intellectually, morally, and economically) career.

2) An objectively accurate internal gauge against which I can measure my accomplishments, skills, and ultimate worth. (No ego, no depression.)

3) A world where travel to and enjoyment of the treasures of antiquity is safe and free from political interference.

:snap: Yes - please include those in my "and all my other wishes to come true" wish. ;)

I'm loving all these wishes. Wishes are tricksy things. I'm surprised at that a few of you have wished to have healing powers. Once word of that got out, you would never rest for the rest of your life. And then you have a world full of healthy people, which means far fewer people die, which leads to a huge population explosion, which leads to famine and poverty everywhere. I'd like those that I know and love to be healed, but I wouldn't extend it beyond that. It would disrupt the earth's balance.

That's also why I don't want an infinite amount of money. It would devalue the dollar by putting way too much money in the system. So would a billion dollars I suppose. Eventually someone would find out that you have a limitless supply and then everyone on earth wants some. Then there would be so much money that money would mean nothing to anyone and we'd be back to a barter system.

I wish I could fly too. How cool would that be?

I wish that suffering-- helpless, pointless suffering-- be eliminated from all life. We have challenges and they're good for us. Nobody should have to reach a point where their suffering isn't teaching them anything anymore. Nobody should have to live the end of their life in so much pain or anguish that they cannot participate in living.

I wish that I were able to have all of the emotional, physical, financial werewithal to complete the creative projects I imagine.

I wish that everyone on this planet would feel empathy.

I'm going the selfish route.

1. Good health, and all I really mean by that is healthy, clear, pretty, easy to manage skin and healthy gums and teeth, so I can stop worrying about my upcoming dentist visit in November...I'm pretty sure the news will be a) bad...b) expensive.

2. My cats stay young and healthy and happy until the day I day, even if I die at 90.

3. A gurantee that I will not die until the following three things have happened (after which, whatever time I have left is okay by me...):

- I have read the final Harry Potter book. I really don't want to die before finishing that damn series.
- I've had satisfying mattress acrobatics with Gerard Butler. It doesn't have to be mind blowing...just...satisfying.
- Some evil British dude says, "Clever girl," after I thwart his nefarious plans to destroy...something...me, my friends, the world. Just so long as there is thwarting and I get to hear, "Clever girl."