{"id":271,"date":"2003-11-04T22:58:02","date_gmt":"2003-11-05T06:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=271"},"modified":"2007-01-10T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2007-01-10T18:00:27","slug":"my-super-hero-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"My Super Hero Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

When asked what my super hero power would be, if I could have one, I would normally answer with flight—the kind of flying that Superman and Peter Pan do, unaided, unfettered, and easy as pie. It’s a superpower with which I am fairly comfortable, as I often flew in my nightly dreams when I was a kid. In fact, for a long time, I was almost completely certain that I’d be pretty good at it, what with all the practice that I got in my dreams; it was usually easier for me to fly than to walk or run.<\/p>\n

Now that I’m a little older, though, I’ve been reconsidering my choice of superpower. Flying is useful, in its own little way, but I think I would have to keep such a talent to myself, lest I risk being outcast like The Boy Who Could Fly<\/a>, and to keep it hidden I would have to fly on the sly, in the dead of the night while everyone slept… or very furtively behind buildings and tall trees so that no one can see. But that’s just no fun at all.<\/p>\n

So what I’d like my superhuman power to be is this—to be able to see in the fourth dimension at will. If the third dimension is space, then the fourth dimension is time, and the ability to see in the fourth dimension means being able to see frontwards and backwards in time.<\/p>\n

I mean, I would love to be able to look at a person and see who they truly are, from their infancy to their old age. I could then see the sort of progression their life takes, whether or not they have made something good out of what they were given and whether or not they lose all their hair and teeth at a certain age.<\/p>\n

I would love to be able to look at a company and see if they will do well in a year or two, or maybe even ten. I could then see whether or not it’s worth buying their stock and keeping it, or whether or not I should avoid them at all cost.<\/p>\n

I would love to be able to look at a house that I am thinking of buying and see if it stays there through time, sturdy and unbothered by wildfires or mudslides.<\/p>\n

What a useful little power, seeing something in the fourth dimension. Definitely better than flight, I’d say, and much more practical.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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When asked what my super hero power would be, if I could have one, I would normally answer with flight—the kind of flying that Superman and Peter Pan do, unaided, unfettered, and easy as pie. It’s a superpower with which I am fairly comfortable, as I often flew in my nightly dreams when I was a kid. In fact, for a long time, I was almost completely certain that I’d be pretty good at it, what with all the practice…<\/p>\n

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