what would you want

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-01-16 11:39pm

If power is meant in a real world sense, ie no crushing your enemies a la Vader, love. I want happiness that I can look back at when I'm old and dying without regrets.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-01-17 06:21am

Love is happiness. Without love you can't be truely happy, and if you've found love, you'll never be truely unhappy.

Do i need to quote Beatles songs at you all?

Oh, and GMT, if it's painful and temperamental, it's not love.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-01-17 07:20am

That's a toughie. For me, it boils down to wealth or love. Wealth=happiness, or at least leasure. But love...that's something special, isn't it?
I figure that with wealth but no love, I could still be happy with all my countless possessions, but that's obvious...but with love and no possessions, I could still be happy, and that's pretty powerful.

So I choose love, and not because some old book says it's nice, but on it's own merits.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-01-17 08:25am

1) Power sucks. Power means you have RESPONSIBILITY, and lots of people looking to you for decisions, or else mocking you for your inability to wield your power adequately. HAVING power isn't the same as being able to USE it intelligently or well, even in your own interest!

2) Love isn't something you can just wish for. What the hell would be the point? You'd know it wasn't true love, just love granted via mysticism. Bah to that.

3) Fame is worthless. There are lots of famous people in the world, and a lot of them are truly miserable. Fame only has value to OTHER people, who regard you as famous.

4) Wealth. Jackpot! Money is tangible, real, and can be exchanged for anything you want. You can buy health, amusements, anything you want. You can exchange money for respect, for admiration, for fame, and for power...and you can pick and choose how you are viewed for doing so. That, and you can be comfortable, and with only one life to live, that's the most important thing.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-17 09:47am

Love. I'd rather be ordinary and have to work hard than to be all alone. I's rather have that special some one to spend the rest of my life with than any sort of power and wealth.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-01-17 10:43am

Other.
I want Omipotence!

Your puny billion dollars is nothing compared to omipotence.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-01-17 10:43am

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-01-17 11:17am

Lagmonster wrote:2) Love isn't something you can just wish for. What the hell would be the point? You'd know it wasn't true love, just love granted via mysticism. Bah to that.

Good point, but what if it was real love? for example, what if you had all four and had to give up three (or give up any you had for one)?

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