1st – I would add 2 hours to the day, giving everyone an extra hour in bed every morning; and an extra hour to relax at night
2nd – I would add an extra day to each week, giving everyone an extra day off a week to vegetate and recuperate
(I can’t be ass’d to do the maths, but a year would take a lot longer to pass by, and this would seriously reduce our life expectancy, pleasing those who can’t wait for the end of their lives, and inspiring those with a zest for life to get on it; with regards to ‘chasing their dreams’)
3rd – I would re-write the Genie in a bottle story, increasing the wishes to 5 instead of the traditional 3
(This means I now have 2 more wishes :))
4th – I would make the following statement a compulsory daily chant, for every one involved in the work of caring for others
“I don’t have to understand or relate to someone’s pain, in order to accept that they are in pain. Therefore, every person I come into contact with is automatically in pain, and a highly effective response to pain is KINDNESS. So I shall be kind to all, before and after I read their notes!” (NOT exactly rocket science, yet highly overlooked)
5th – When the electoral register forms were sent out each year, I would add a compulsory form headed
‘What 5 things would you change if you ruled the country?’
6th – (5 becomes 6 due to the age-old saying ‘plus one for luck’). I would collect a group of clever clever people to read everyone’s 5 things, and ask them to find ways to implement the people’s ideas, whilst still pleasing the greedy capitalist pigs who run the world!! They (the clever people) would present their policy documents to parliament, and the big boys would HAVE to pick ONE every year (by law)…
Happy Days 🙂
What would you do with your 5 (plus 1 for luck?)?