Day 16: Secret Superpowers

Secret Superpowers.
What are the superpowers you always wanted as a kid? Or hell, what superpowers did you want as an adult?

I wanted/want;
Telekinesis - I think this always came from my laziness! Haha!
Teleportation - Again, laziness! That and I love Night Crawler!
The ability to translate my thoughts/mental images into another form (sculpture, written word, painting, drawing, etc) because this is totally a superpower.  I think this every artist's wish.
The ability to talk to animals- I read Tamora Pierce's book "Wild Magic" when I very young and I fell in love with the idea of that kind of magic or power.
Invisibility - I was a self conscious child, adolescent, teenager, and adult so the idea of being able to vanish at will always intrigued me.

But with all these wishes and desires I am very happy with the powers I do have.  I have the power to be me without shame, I have the power to take care of myself and others, I have the power to understand complex ideas and problems, I have the power to make myself understood to other people, I have learned the power of standing up for myself, and so many more.  I am content with this set of superpowers.  Not to say I would turn down ANY of the above listed powers if the were offered!

What are the superpowers you have wanted, do want, or more importantly what are the superpowers you have that you love?

Day 15: Breakthrough

Breakthrough.
Breakthroughs are amazing when they happen but sometimes being on the verge of the breakthrough can be a sort of agonizing joy as well.  Being on the verge is actually the part I enjoy more than the release of the breakthrough, the building of the tension the harnessing of the power that is motivating you toward the breakthrough, the feeling of anticipation to see what will come from all of this agony and work.  And than yes, the release, the pure bliss that washes over you when you breakthrough that barrier and see what you have been working towards.

I intend on attempting to participate in NaNoWriMo in some form.  I have not decided yet if I will do it in the official capacity through the website or if I will take the spirit of it and use it for my own devices.  For anyone unaware of what NaNoWriMo is, it is National Novel Writing Month which basically has become a challenge to aspiring authors around the world to try and write a novel in a month, to challenge yourself to set aside even more time than normal to write, to dedicate yourself to one story, one idea and to see it through to the end. 

I have not read any of this authors books yet but in looking for a link to help me properly describe NaNoWriMo not only in the technical sense but from the spirit of it and I stumbled upon this gentleman's blog post and it hit it directly on the head for me.  Be warned he is a foul mouthed lover of the all profanity but he made me laugh and he made me want to jump in with both feet even more than I already did!
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/10/04/25-things-you-should-know-about-nanowrimo/

Give it a read if you so desire or not. But look for that tension, look for the build up that says something else is on the other side of this agony and DON'T RUN AWAY FROM IT but instead run towards it and experience every bit of that blissful pain that comes from finding out what is on the other side of a breakthrough.

Day 13: Inspiration

Inspiration.
Oops! I skipped this prompt!

This sentiment has always been an inspiration to me.  Because I have always felt that more people need to accept the idea of just being you.  Flaws, faults, talents, passions, and all and that is what makes you the perfect you, not adhering to someone else's idea of what makes anyone perfect because it is a trite sentiment at this point due to over use but that does not change the validity of the idea, "If we were all the same the world would be a boring place"  and that is very true because there would be nothing to life if we were all the same.  As a writer one of the first things you learn is a story without some kind of conflict is a boring story.  There have been very few people who have been able to follow the story of an Average Joe's life without conflict and create something and even in those stories, there may not be an external conflict that affects the person but it may be a study of the internal conflict that happens within each of us in various forms throughout our lives.  But how is this internal conflict created?  Is it pure manifestation without provocation?  Most of the time the answer is no.  The conflict is created through seeing differences in how other people live their lives, how they treat other people, the things other people value, faiths and beliefs that some people have and others don't or that are different than each other.  So almost always conflict is created through differences and growth almost always is created through conflict and enlightenment or happiness is almost always created through growth.  So to my mind not having conflict through differences would mean not having happiness and enlightenment in life.

Day 14: Uncontrollable Laughter

Uncontrollable Laughter.
Uncontrollable laughter is one of the most joyous things in this life in my opinion.  It makes you happy obviously, it also allows that happiness to be extremely contagious to others around you.  It increases all sorts of good hormones and such within the body.  Things that provide me with this joy are my dogs, three adorable pit bulls that cause constant joy and entertainment through their awesomely hysterical antics, my Giant is the main cause of uncontrollable laughter though in my life he is one the funniest people in my life and he knows exactly what it takes to get me laughing so hard I can't talk, can't stand, anything, another cause of laughter in my life is the stories I love to read books are so funny if you allow yourself to be open to the types of humor they provide. 

Find ways to discover uncontrollable laughter in all aspects in your day to day life.