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  • If You Woke Up In A Perfect World.......

    Hypothetical scenario: tomorrow, you will wake up in a changed and perfect world. Everything is as it should be in your own life, in your community, in the world at large... Life, as you know it, is perfect--all your dreams have come true, all your ambitions have been realized.

    You open your eyes with the morning light....

    What is the first thing you will notice about your changed life?
    What does your life look like in this new, changed, and perfect world?
    Where are you, who are you, how old are you, who are you with?
    What will you do today in your new and perfect life?

    In my line of work, this is called the magic question. Let's hear some magic answers y'all!

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    Noone wants to participate ha? Is it that everyone's hesitant to get too personal on here? or maybe noone expects to wake up in a perfect world and hasn't given this question much thought? Heh. In any case, lav chi~

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      Re: If You Woke Up In A Perfect World.......

      In reality there is no such thing as a perfect world
      So I don't think anyone can really respond do this thread.
      Positive vibes, positive taught

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        Re: If You Woke Up In A Perfect World.......

        Originally posted by PepsiAddict View Post
        In reality there is no such thing as a perfect world
        So I don't think anyone can really respond do this thread.
        ..... just because something doesn't exist, does it then follow that we can't imagine it? I think not It'd be one sad little world if everyone became limited by his/her own perception of reality....

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          In the perfect world, there is no beauty, no truth, no joy. In order to exist, those things require imperfections with which they can contrast.

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            Why don't you answer the question LadyLazarus
            what is a "perfect world" according to you?
            Positive vibes, positive taught

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              Re: If You Woke Up In A Perfect World.......

              Originally posted by PepsiAddict View Post
              Why don't you answer the question LadyLazarus
              what is a "perfect world" according to you?
              By referring to the concept of a "perfect world", I don't mean to suggest a single perfect world in the global sense--I'm not asking what do you think would make this world a perfect place (clearly, this is absurd; perceptions of reality and perfection are far too relative and far too variable from one person to another). I was only asking about your own individual perception of what would make YOUR world that much better, that much more complete.

              PepsiAddict, you're absolutely correct--I should answer my own questions to illustrate the point... I had asked:

              You open your eyes with the morning light....

              What is the first thing you will notice about your changed life?
              First things first: I wouldn't be here in the States, I'd be back in Armenia

              What does your life look like in this new, changed, and perfect world? Where are you, who are you, how old are you, who are you with? What will you do today in your new and perfect life?
              I can see myself rising at daybreak in my family's ancestral home, now centuries old, nestled in the mountains of Syuniq, with only my little family beside me... Walking out to a field of wildflowers to gather the day's fresh pick for the house--just me, my little WWI officer's handgun tucked under a long skirt, and an old volume of Teryan, or better yet, Sevak to keep me company--enveloped only by my grandmother's shawl and the firm embrace of centuries past.... Leisurely days filled with the aroma of lavash fresh from the tonir, the sweet seduction of over-ripe peaches brimming with the sun-kissed flavors of the mountains, the steely silvery glisten of the waters of Arax, the strength of all my great-grandmothers before me, ... and writing, entire days spent writing, suspended in a world all my own, gently folded between the lure of yesteryear and the promise of all the tomorrows yet to come...

              Yeah. That.

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                With all due respect LadyLazarus, you're definitely on the wrong forums if you expect any sort of visionary or imaginative thought. Your charisma is rather refreshing... I can tell you're a dreamer. The world needs more dreamers.
                "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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                  Re: If You Woke Up In A Perfect World.......

                  Originally posted by LadyLazarus View Post
                  By referring to the concept of a "perfect world", I don't mean to suggest a single perfect world in the global sense--I'm not asking what do you think would make this world a perfect place (clearly, this is absurd; perceptions of reality and perfection are far too relative and far too variable from one person to another). I was only asking about your own individual perception of what would make YOUR world that much better, that much more complete.

                  PepsiAddict, you're absolutely correct--I should answer my own questions to illustrate the point... I had asked:

                  You open your eyes with the morning light....

                  What is the first thing you will notice about your changed life?
                  First things first: I wouldn't be here in the States, I'd be back in Armenia

                  What does your life look like in this new, changed, and perfect world? Where are you, who are you, how old are you, who are you with? What will you do today in your new and perfect life?
                  I can see myself rising at daybreak in my family's ancestral home, now centuries old, nestled in the mountains of Syuniq, with only my little family beside me... Walking out to a field of wildflowers to gather the day's fresh pick for the house--just me, my little WWI officer's handgun tucked under a long skirt, and an old volume of Teryan, or better yet, Sevak to keep me company--enveloped only by my grandmother's shawl and the firm embrace of centuries past.... Leisurely days filled with the aroma of lavash fresh from the tonir, the sweet seduction of over-ripe peaches brimming with the sun-kissed flavors of the mountains, the steely silvery glisten of the waters of Arax, the strength of all my great-grandmothers before me, ... and writing, entire days spent writing, suspended in a world all my own, gently folded between the lure of yesteryear and the promise of all the tomorrows yet to come...

                  Yeah. That.
                  That was beautiful! You're a good writer. What would you hope to spend your days writing?

                  Honestly, what you described sounds pretty darn close to perfect. Except instead of writing I would like to spend the days wandering with my camera and the warm evenings sleeping under the stars.
                  [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
                  -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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                    Re: If You Woke Up In A Perfect World.......

                    Originally posted by LadyLazarus View Post
                    What is the first thing you will notice about your changed life?
                    1. No one prays anymore.
                    2. The overly selfish people are a bit more altruistic.
                    3. The overly altruistic are a bit more selfish.
                    4. The extremists of any kind are gone.
                    5. Logic and thought have taken over in place of dogma, stigma, superstition, make-belief, and unfounded fears.
                    6. There are no more cupcake shows on TV.
                    7. The death penalty is much more utilized. We have a system in place that efficiently disposes of repeat violent criminals, the mentally challenged, and pretty much everyone who is hopelessly just a drain on society. If you are a rich vegetable and can pay for the machines to keep you alive, you get to stay alive.

                    Originally posted by LadyLazarus View Post
                    What does your life look like in this new, changed, and perfect world?
                    Much less time is spent on pointless "debates" like gay marriage, abortion, gun control, etc and much more time is spent on scientific analysis of how each choice really effects society and whether or not there are good long term solutions. What people "believe" is much less relevant that what people can prove or demonstrate.

                    Originally posted by LadyLazarus View Post
                    Where are you, who are you, how old are you, who are you with?
                    Where? California ... not really too picky but I'm not too crazy about the armpit areas around fresno and bakersfield and definitely not in the city of San Francisco. Since in my perfect world there are no gangs and places that are generally just filled with crime, Oakland, Compton, East LA, East Palo Alto etc are all nice neighborhoods to live so it doesn't matter.

                    How old? Anything over 21. I figure I am going to continue to get older and die eventually as I suspect you don't want to make this into some immortality fantasy.

                    Who are you with? Same people as I am with now. That part is pretty cool.

                    Originally posted by LadyLazarus View Post
                    What will you do today in your new and perfect life?
                    Go to work .. that part would stay the same. Unless today happens to be a weekend day or a holiday in which case I'lls tay around the house and work on one of the number of stuff I still have going on ... OR if I had planned a trip then I'm out doing that.
                    this post = teh win.

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