What if?

Have you ever found yourself pondering strange, abstract things? Ever since I was a little girl, I'd think of the funniest things and they'd stick in my head forever. Couple this tendency to spend time just pondering over things with a vivid imagination...and tada!!! Craziness begins! I can't say that I've outgrown these tendencies...actually, sometimes I stay awake at night thinking about the funniest, most obsurd things and I'll just burst out laughing. Poor Andy. Oh well, might as well accept that it's just a part of who I am, right? So...if you're ever around me and for no apparent reason at all I get a smirk on my face, or burst out in laughter, or frown, or scowl, etc....it most likely has nothing to do with what's going on around me...it's just that I'm having one of those moments. For example....

What if you lived inside the border of the central time zone, but commuted to work in the eastern time zone. So, you'd have to get up and leave an hour before you really had to leave in order to leave on time for the eastern time zone. Then on your way home from work even if you had to stay an extra hour catching up on stuff, theoretically, you could still get home on time. WHAT??

What if for one day the house was upside down and you had to step over the doorways and walk around the light fixtures. (a childhood favorite)

What if we switched to the way Europe does it, and drive on the left side of the road. Would the farmers in Idaho still drive down the middle?

What if when we're placed in a leadership position we make sure to say "thank you" twice as much as we say "will you."

What if for one week you could have everything you've ever wanted simply by saying "I wish"...at the end of the week, would you still want anything? Would you want to keep everything? Would you be more or less content than you were at the beginning of the week? Would you wish to go back to the way things were?

What if there were little beepers connected to the podium at church, and whenever anyone said anything that wasn't really doctrine they were beeped.

What if when you said "I'm not interested" to a salesperson, they actually listened to you.

What if you had the chance to change one thing in your life. Would you take it? Would you change anything? (Incidentally, I was asked this question during an onstage interview...I distinctly remember my answer and it still stands.)

What if Lady Catherine had never gone to Elizabeth and forbid her to marry Mr. Darcy...how long would it have taken Mr. Darcy to get the courage to ask her to marry him again?? Would they have gotten together at all, or just lived in regret? (confused? refer to Pride and Prejudice, J. Austen.)

What if Mozart lived in modern day. Would he still have been able to compose his first symphony at the age of 6, or would he have been labled as "ADD", put on meds, and sent to therapy?

What if you lived in a city where they don't have to incorporate a "Civility Act" and have little mini lessons on how to be "civil" on the monthly water bills in order to have a small percentage of the residents act kindly to one another?

What if there were a way to censor the internet for truth content. How many of the "true story" forwards would still be circulating...and how many of us would still be under the threat of having bad luck for 10 years if we don't forward the 'true story' on to 10 friends?

What if when we filled out an application for a scholarship, a grant, for school, or work we didn't have to put down whether we were male or female, black, white, hispanic, asian, native american...we didn't have to put down a religious preference...we simply filled out the application with our qualifications complete with resume and were chosen based purely on our merits rather than how we would best fit a status quo?

What if when we registered to vote, and when we actually do vote...our country ceased to keep track of who all the little groups voted for...and simply grouped us all as "AMERICANS"...and that the majority of us voted for the person who won. Would that help all the racial and social class tension? Would it change the way the candidates campaigned? Would we actually hear about issues rather than "interests"?

What if you had to go to a place every 6 months for an appointment to meet with people who were dishonest, prejudiced against you, rude and disrespectful to you...and you had a chance to tell them exactly how you felt about them without any repercussions...would you do it?

What if because of the rising gas prices we went to complete solar powered vehicles...would the cars in Cleveland have to be kept in a garage for 6 months of the year and everyone have to ride a bike or walk? Would employers have to give employees "overcast disability" benefits?

Okay...I could go on...now...if I ever have a glazed look on my face you'll all be wondering what crazy 'what if' I'm thinking about! What about you? Anyone what to add a "what if"? What do you wonder and think about?