World Wide Wishes
Three wishes! three potential wishes for the world, and just one to be granted, has me thinking just what is it most that I do not want universally, and what would absence of that thing really mean in the short and long run... what One Wish would serve best to top the List of all possible wishes...?
For instance, I do not want Disease— it would be a beautiful thing to have no physical or mental illness in the world... then there ought to be no war or strife even. But might people subsequently be released to do whatever they like? and what would that mean? uninhibited indulgence? an unwitting plunder of the planet? Do I want to live in a world without consequence? without death perhaps? without the potential of resurrection then? No— that would not seem to be a beautiful vision.
Perhaps no-disease would extend into the shaky moral/ ethical arena? If not, then maybe what I am really asking for is for elimination of "stupidity," or rather for Wisdom? If everyone were wise what would that entail for our capacity for Tolerance? Would it cease to exist— becoming obsolete? Would that be a good thing, or would we be somehow incomplete? Perhaps in asking for Wisdom— which sounds elitist— what I am in essence soliciting is an end to lack of "self-restraint."
If everyone exercised Discipline would it result in a better Life? e.g. improved relationships, alone and with others? greater resourcefulness, mindfulness of consequences, more consideration in interactions? less abuse, hate, greed? healthier daily choices? a sense of growth and full-fillment; empathy for all creation?
I'd like to think it would... world wide... so this is what I will wish for... Self-Discipline.