Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
The Sentence that I have been invited to Finish is:
“If I could have any superpower, I would want to be able to…”
super (adv) prefix: “…and, more figuratively, “an individual, thing, or property that exceeds customary norms or levels”
power[s] (noun): “…ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.) (both courtesy dictionary.com)
So, given the above, I guess the superpower I would want to have is …the capability of living and acting in the here and now.
Yeah, I know!! Not very sexy. Can you imagine the comic strip or graphic novel or movie franchise based on this Superpower?
Clark ‘The Here and Now Man’!! “Watch in disbelief as he focuses on you without trying to qualify what he says in fear of offending! Be amazed as he approaches new people and novel situations without the fear and baggage from his memories of times just-like-this-one-except-with-different-people-and-different-circumstances!!! You’ll gasp in astonishment as he acts spontaneously and yet, even when everyone thinks he’s being really silly, he’s unafraid!! It’s as if he is not concerned with what people think of him!!! Come and follow the strange Tale of Living in the Moment… as you leave the theater you’ll find yourself saying ‘it’s only a movie but it would be so good to live that way’!
…hey, I would totally give a shoutout t0 Kristi for this here bloghop here, it was my very first and remains one of my favorite ‘hops! And to her co-hostinae Amy and Michelle.
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I love this! Im gonna hit print in the morning and post it in the break room.here and now presence truly is a superpower….
it totally would be/is (for those gifted enough to attain it) and is a worthy effort for the rest of us
Aw Clark!! To the Here and Now Superpower that is so whatever at the time. I loved meeting you in the Here and The Now. I think I may just have to do a TToT post this weekend about the In Reals of the Clark Gang…also I kinda love that FTSF was your frist.
always have enjoyed this ‘hop… the standard that all bloghops should aspire to open, friendly and welcoming of strangers ( I’ll leave the obvious joke un-typed) be fun to see you ’round the TToT as well
damn… now I would be totally classless to make the obvious remark… thanks , clark…. *hangs head*
I’ll see your ‘damn’ and raise you a ‘shit, not certain what the obvious remark is’ (followed by a ‘clark! stop they don’t know that you don’t know… don’t tell ’em!!)
I was en absentia for the most part, yesterday. I love this post. A nice present. (Pun intended)
(smiling) yes, it was (in that time frame) and remains (in the current) and surely had the potential to be so (in the precedent timeframe)
backsliding…big time
I don’t think I’m capable of here and now, but time is relative, not linear. So at some point, we are here and now, even if it’s tomorrow.
I knew you’d say that!*
Strictly speaking, I don’t think we can think about or even describe the ‘here and now’ as it would not have any reference points… except in principle, relatively speaking or something
* not really, but it sounded funny in my head
Here and Now. It can take an effort, but surely worth it. I imagine it as a sort of calmness that washes over ourselves as we let go of the irrelevant….
yeah the effort is so frustrating in that it’s not that it’s such hard work (to attain the here and now) it’s just that nearly everything (within myself) is working against that goal.