If you could choose a superpower for yourself, what would it be?
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Ponder that possibility for a moment.
Would you want to be able to fly? Or stretch your arm across the room? How about the power to cloud men's minds? The question has been asked many times over in the years, and you can google it to see some of the answers. They include the power to travel in time, to stop time, to shape shift, to teleport, to induce a state of peace in others, to heal, xray vision, to read minds, to know the future to prevent catastrophes, the list goes on. Wiley did a Non Sequiter cartoon in 2011 talking about the power to disarm with humor is maybe not a great super power but its a pretty darn good one.
I thought about this last week. The super power I would want would be the ability to make the person I was with happy. Not cure all the problems, not happy forever, not cover over the turmoil of everyday life, but, just for the few moments we were together, that they would feel happiness and take it with them through their day.
What would you want as a super power?