Laying the Groundwork

If I had three wishes I wouldn’t seek to fast track myself and those I care about. So, a lottery win is off the table, however useful it might seem. If you know one thing from the stories about wishes it is that they come with catches. Think about the Monkey’s Paw or King Midas! So, I would be looking at making the conditions absolutely right for the best possible outcome within the scope of the situation.

My first wish would be health and happiness for those I care about. If those two are present in your life everything else is a detail. Without health you have to work much harder to benefit from your opportunities. Of course it’s possible to be ill, for example with a long term condition like M. E. and still do amazing things, as Jessica Taylor Bearman has done, but the toll it takes mentally and physically is immense. Without happiness, as many of us know, you will not get the most out of your life. Again, you can do great things but if you aren’t happy it means so much less.

My second wish would be for those in power, be they Kings, Presidents, MPs, Business Leaders or even Board level, High or Middle Managers, to stop being in it for their prestige, power and financial reward only. So few of those in charge care about the people who they represent or control. I have said before, and I will say again, that we have never had worse people in charge at all levels of our lives than we have at the moment. If we work for the very rare person with power who actually cares about us we really notice the difference. It’s not about performative behaviour but about truly wanting the best for those you are responsible for.

My third wish would be for the environment to recover enough to allow us to reset the balance of the planet. Only people with an agenda or those who blindly follow them deny climate change is a reality, but sadly they include many of the  politicians with the power to change the situation. We need to have the chance to reverse the worst of the damage, a chance that has now almost certainly passed us by. Again, notice that I don’t ask for a Deus ex Machina but for the opportunity to make things better ourselves.

So, make those wishes, but make them with wisdom.