Monday, April 14, 2014

Don't Read My Mind

Last week as I was wandering thorough Target, a dangerous thing to do as the more I wander the more things jump into my cart, I had a thought....

I am really glad people can't read minds.

When asked if you could have a super power, some wish for strength, some wish for speed, some wish to read minds.

Now, I will admit there have definitely been many times where I wish I could know what someone is thinking or know if my kids are hiding something from me.

Sometimes I think I wish I could know what someone really thinks about it me....  but then wait a minute, I don't think I really want to know.

"She's really wearing that today?"  "Oh her kids are probably going to cause trouble"  "Wow, did she even run a brush though her hair"

Those little thoughts, those little things that people might quickly think but then often even dismiss in their own minds, if I heard them I think it would be paralyzing, make it impossible to make any decision, do anything without worrying and second guessing.

Plus if I had the ability to read minds, that would mean there was a good chance someone else had that same ability, then last week as I wandered through Target they would have heard this

"Man my underwear is riding up something horrible, I really need to pick it out!"

And really, no one wants to hear that.

Would you want to read someone's mind?

16 comments:

  1. I don't think I want to hear someone's every thought (including my husband's.) Sometimes I wish I could read my toddler's mind, but now that he's more verbal, I think we're ok. :)

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    1. Yes, it would be helpful to be able for read little baby and kids thoughts- but yea other adults- not so much

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  2. hahahaha.... I love it. I've been known to tell my mom or Mark that I needed to scratch my butt... lol :). See you don't even have to read my mind, I'll tell you to! ha!

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    1. Lol yes those kind of things that really everyone thinks but we don’t really want anyone else to know

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  3. No I don't think I would want to know!

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    1. Yea, it is always one of those things that at first you think would be nice but the more you think about it- maybe not so much

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  4. At times I thought that it'd be kind of nice but as I get older I realize I don't want to hear most of what people say much less what they think! And no one needs to be able to read my mind. It wouldn't be good for anyone!

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  5. Nope, I most definitely wouldn't want to read minds! I think I'd wind up with very hurt feelings more often than not! If I could have a super power, it'd absolutely be teleportation. :-)

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    1. Oh it would be nice to be able to teleport- could see family all the time or spend the day at the beach in Hawaii- ah that would be a good one

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  6. I don't think I would want to be able to read minds...for the simple fact that I wouldn't want anyone reading mine! There's a LOT that runs through my mind on a daily basis that I would never say out loud...so it probably wouldn't be a good thing for someone else to know those things! lol

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    1. Exactly! If I knew it could go one way and was only me then it might be good at times, but yea all sorts of weird stuff runs through my head :)

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  7. I've thought about it before and came to the conclusion that no, I don't think I would.
    I know I have lots of thoughts that I don't really even mean. I think the world would be full of hate if we had the ability to read minds!

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    1. Exactly! There are often little random thoughts and I will be like, what? Why did I even think that and quickly scoot that thought out, but if that person just heard the thought and not the after thoughts it could be horrible

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  8. um, sometimes it would be nice to know what people think - it help to understand their behavior and why they do what they do - but I certainly wouldn't want anyone to know what I think.

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    1. Yes, there definitely would be benefits to it for times like that.. but yea don't really want them reading my mind.

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