Three Wishes

If you were out walking in the woods one day and tripped over a lamp to find that a genie called it home, what would you wish for when it popped out and said it would grant you the three things you desire the most? Would you wish for material things? Physical perfection? True love? Or even the stereotypical "world peace"? Would you know immediately what to ask for or would you have to think about it for a few days? After you wished for it do you think you regret it? Do you think that you would anger the genie by wishing for the only wish that is off limits, more wishes? I suppose that seems like a lot of questions to answer, but in reality it's just one; if you had three wishes what would you wish for? I often mull this over in my mind. If I had the opportunity to wish for anything I wanted three times I really have no idea what I would wish for. Every time I think I do I weigh the pros and cons and think of what could go wrong. Genies are always portrayed as tricksters that take wishes literally instead of what they know you really mean. Like the episode of The X-Files that I saw where Mulder wished for, you guessed it, world peace and the Gen got rid of every human on the planet except for him because that is the only way it would be possible. The wish that I always go back to is bringing my grandma back to life. Having her back is the thing that I want the most, but I wonder what would happen if I tinkered with fate like that. I wonder if she would even want to come back to earth after being in a place like heaven. I don't know if I could be so selfish as to take her out of paradise because I miss her so much I can't stand it sometimes. There are also times where I think I'll wish to be successful, to be the best FBI agent or writer that ever existed, then I realize that defeats the purpose of living. If you already know you're going to be the best what is the point of even trying? The third and final thing that I think I'd wish for is love. The kind of love you see fictionalized and get mad at because you don't think it's real, that it's really false advertising. That's no good either. Love isn't something to wish for, it's something that happens on it's own that no one has the ability to control, except maybe Aphrodite but I don't think she's very good at it either. Love is a spontaneous emotion that just is and therefore can't be wished because then it's pointless, and you'll have to wonder your entire life, "If it wasn't for the wish would this person still love me?" I guess what I'm trying to say is that if I ever just so happened to come across a Genie (or Gen) I wouldn't wish for anything. I think that's their purpose, to teach people that they shouldn't want for anything. That life is about not knowing and having to work for what we want the most, and that sometimes the things we covet are the things we're not supposed to have. If you already know the lesson then you're going to save yourself a lot of agony. Then again, maybe I'm wrong, who knows? I guess we'll all just have to wait for someone to find themselves a Genie.