Three Wishes

I'm a full-time dreamer and so whenever that genie-in-a-bottle question comes up of what would your three wishes be, I tend to ponder it, so as to choose the exact perfect wishes. Here's what I came up with, one for the world and two for me:

- an end to all forms of violence toward children

- infinite financial solvency

- perfect lifelong physical and mental health

I feel like if violence and abuse never touched a person's life throughout their childhood, they would grow up to become more confident and not carry the scars of brutality that so many people take into adulthood. 

People say that money can't buy happiness but honestly, if I had infinite amounts of money I could afford to take better care of myself and have the time to really focus on becoming a better person. I could buy a small home on a decent plot of land, away from noise and people. I could get Bishop to quit his day job and pay him a small fortune to be my personal chef. He could teach me how to cook and have more time to follow his own dreams. I could publish my writing and become a philanthropist, helping those in need around the globe as well as at home in the States. I could make Rickster Rick an offer he couldn't refuse and put his Dark Forest on the radio for real. It would be so nice to be able to help out friends and family with their own dreams, instead of me always being the one to ask everyone else for help.

It's so hard to live with depression and to constantly have to fight back this exhausting hopelessness. I wonder what it's like to feel normal; to not always feel like there's no point. And physically, I miss being able to not think about my body constantly. I'm always thinking about my teeth, my creaking and sore knees, my weight, menopause, watching my skin age, and generally just feeling horrible most of the time. Oh, to have a guarantee of perfect health! Think of all the things I could focus on and all the work I could get done if I wasn't forever stressing over my body.