A Wish

Man this thing is dusty.

Anyways, was thinking about what I would wish for if I had a wish. You know, like a genie or something like that popped out and decided to grant me a single wish. The typical story about how this would go is I'd wish for power, or fame, or money, and then it would either backfire or not be what I expected or something like that. Or I'd be selfless and wish for world peace and the world was a better place, or worse sometimes. Or there's the ones where it does come true and everything turns out well, like in Aladdin. For now, to keep tings simple, let's assume it all works out.

I oddly think I would choose to see what the world would be like without me, similar to in It's a Wonderful Life.

Perhaps it's a touch vain, but I think it would be really interesting to see what my life is worth. From my personal view, I don't myself causing huge swings in history. George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life had some remarkable events in his life, such as saving his brother's life and how he dealt with his boss Mr. Gower the druggist. I don't think I've had that kind of impact in history. And from what I can tell I haven't changed people's lives drastically. Sure I've had a few rivals, some interesting friendships, and held positions of power and influence but all-in-all nothing terribly remarkable.

So, I wonder, what would the world be like without me? Would my absence have caused a butterfly effect ripple and many of my friends would be dead or vastly different? Or perhaps there would be differences but they were subtle, like a sibling chose a slightly different career or a friend holds a different religion.

Or, I wonder, would I have been simply replaced by others in people's lives and life went on without me.

It's quite the vain wish, to see how important your life was, and yet I still wonder.

Truthfully, what would you wish for?