I honestly believe that none of us can predict the future. For some reason though, we do know what to expect in the coming days, even just a tiny bit of it. Maybe it is because we know what turns out from some of the things we do. The product of our actions huh; you plant a seed and it grows. However, we really can’t tell the outcome of every single thing we do. We just expect it, because of some familiar patterns. But what if doesn’t turn out the way we want? ~~~~
Personally, I am scared that I do not know what to expect. I have realized that there is something about big changes that frightens me. I have read somewhere that many does not really like change because it makes them veer away from their routine. Again patterns, as if there is formula in everything we do, a grand design to maintain and it gives out the desired effect. ~~~~
Change frightens me only because am scared for my own comfort. I hate it when I do not know that to expect. I hate being confused, lost and in the dark and not being in the know. I get into an internal state of panic, because I like laying out what I want to do. Usually, the changes in my life are drastic and something that I never see coming. ~~~~
This time though, the change that came is something that I foresaw, but ignored. Now I am in another state panic because I don’t know how things are going to unfold. This change though opens another door for me. For months now there is an activity that I so wanted to do but couldn’t. The inevitable change is the catalyst that opened a window of opportunity for me to take on another task that my routine hinders me to do. ~~~
Come to think about it, while writing this, am not that worried anymore. It does not mean that I like the change still.
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I’ve been imagining things lately; maybe daydreaming is the better term. And the thing that crosses my mind overwhelms me. ~~~~
Sometimes, there are things you would rather happen, words you would have wanted to say, but you couldn’t. Because of this you resort to just imagining it. Is that even helpful, therapeutic?~~~~
If imagining scenarios are helpful or therapeutic, does that include having imaginary friends? For me though, as long as one can distinguish real people from those characters they just created, am totally fine with knowing a person who has an imaginary friend. I just hope that this person does not start any conversation with his/her imaginary friend in front of me… that would really freaky.~~~~
My boss told me earlier today that having imaginary friends is normal at a certain stage. So aside from not being able to distinguish reality from imagination, when is this not normal? Just asking… ~~~~
As per Wikipedia.Org; “Imaginary friends may exist for the child into adolescence and sometimes adulthood.” It functions as tutelary and especially for children it helps them hone their conversational skills because they get to talk more freely with the “imaginary friend” that the real peers and family I guess, sorry mothers. ~~~~
The imaginary friends also exist in the same world the creator of it lives in only with a slight alternate reality. This ‘created world’ depicts how the child sees world and perceives people, it could be the same for those who retained this to adulthood. ~~~~
Now, I’m asking myself, did I write this down to justify my having an ‘imaginary friend’. ~~~~
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I am big fan of Marvel and DC comics. Both comics introduced us to the most popular Superheroes and Villains in Fantasy entertainment. DC Comics gave us the heroes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and my personal favourite the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern. They also introduced villains such as, Doomsday, Joker and Lex Luthor. Marvel Comics, has its share of popular characters, like Captain America , Spiderman and X-Men that we know collectively and individually. We also know Marvel Villains such as Apocalypse, Magneto, Green Goblin and many more. ~~~~
What fascinates me about both comics is aside from the powers and abilities of the characters are the Alternate Timelines, Pocket Universe and Alternate Realities. Though both comics used different terms to coins these phenomenon or just for description, like Marvel is to Mutant and DC is to Metahuman. Marvel uses Earth-616, Earth-295 and DC uses Earth One, Earth Two, to distinguish the alternate realities and timelines. ~~~~
If things like this would exist, isn’t really convenient if you could just live in the alternate timeline or alternate reality that suits your preference? For some of the characters in the comics, it isn’t so. ~~~~
Rachel Summers, from an alternate future, which Marvel now calls ‘Days of the Future Past’, called such because these are supposed futures that can not happen because of the changes made in the present time. So back to Rachel Summers, in ‘Days of the Future Past’ she happens to be the first born of Scott Summers and Jean Grey, or more popularly known as Cyclops and Phoenix . She was devastated to know that she does not exist in present time and that Jean does not have kid with Scott and much worse, the eldest Summers kid of that generation is Nathan Summers, who happens to be Scott’s kid with Madelyne Pryor, a Jean Grey clone. ~~~~
So I guess let’s just be satisfied with the single reality and timeline that we live in. This is the part, when someone says, “Yes, we should live life the fullest!” Or “We can only walk this earth once”. Being able to manipulate time and reality proved to be really complicated for the characters in the comics, so what more in reality? ~~~~
As the song from The Hills go, And this is my beautiful life, as hard as it gets I know it still amazing to be alive! ~~~~
carpe diem... ü
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