When I was a wee lass I possessed magical powers. True story. I was obsessed with the TV show Bewitched and then of course Sabrina (the teenage witch) and I was positive that by a crinkled nose or wiggled finger I too could make stuff 'happen'. I remember sitting in the school yard wiggling my nose with my index finger (no telling what that must have looked like) sending out my spells to bring Jake right to me and force Dawn to trip on her stupid face. I never could get my magic to work on them but I 'made' plenty of other things happen - recess bell ringing - which kept my dream alive. To this day I occasionally catch myself thinking those special powers reside within and that I can control anything by a flip of the wrist - people, things, it matters not. Needless to say, the success rate on this is rather embarrassing.
A friend of mine is forever telling me I can do whatever I put my mind too and every time he does I just want to punch him in the face...but I don't...because he's right. The qualification is, you can really only put your mind to those things in which you actually have control, basically yourself alone.
So, how does one convince your mind that you CAN do anything without making ridiculous assumptions that converge on other people or things out of your stewardship? My guess: the idea remains the same but the thought process must change. I can't really make Jake come to me but I can make myself get up and talk to him and that's a pretty good start.
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You and I are very alike in some very strange ways, Miss Hall. I remember thinking as a child that I could control, with my mind, certain things like traffic lights. I could, at will, change them to whichever color I wanted. Sometimes it would take a little while to happen, but I was sure it was me that was making it happen.
Even today, sometimes I catch myself pretending to open, with my mind, automatic doors, and the like.
Maybe it is magic. True that Clarke said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," but maybe Niven had it right when he said, "any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology."
I have always believed that you can accomplish anything that you set your mind to.
Also, don't hit me in the face.
Thank you.
You can. Which is why we should quit our jobs and sell what we want for however much we want.... Oh and work as little as possible.
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