My world would be a better place if...

I'm happy and rather contented enough in my own world, my little bubble. I've been blessed with a good life and I don't really need to ask for anything more :)

But the world in general is still a dismal place full of darkness and disappointments.

.....if everyone could be more decent humans

As Gandhi famously said, "Be the change you hope to see in the world". I try to be more understanding, more tolerant, more patient in my own exchanges with others, and I wish others would too. A world where people respect one another, animals, and the precious earth we inhabit....that would be so much better. Where we all treat everyone and everything decently, courteously, and with meaningful thoughtfulness.

Speaking of that, this type of respect is easy to nurture in one's own home. I strongly believe everyone is a product of their parents -  knowing what love (for ourselves, others, and the world) means; and setting a standard of behavior in our homes would lead to so many more people of this world being so much better people.

Additionally it would be great if there were no more cases of child abuse, sexual abuse etc in homes.

.....if stupid haters, gossipers, and biatches were eliminated from the face of the earth.

This is self-explanatory. Anyone who has been subject to that kind of hell and annoyance caused by these elaborate liars and anonymous flamers would fully agree. I do wish they'd learn to become nicer people, as I talked about above.  But if they can't, then please disappear! Intentionally or not (usually it's the former though), such nasty pricks can end up ruining lives and reputations.

Have you watched the film "Doubt"? I really like the analogy presented in the movie, it is a very powerful one that struck me deeply:

"A woman was gossiping with her friend about a man whom they hardly knew -- I know none of you have ever done this. That night, she had a dream: a great hand appeared over her and pointed down on her. She was immediately seized with an overwhelming sense of guilt. The next day she went to confession. She got the old parish priest, Father O Rourke, and she told him the whole thing. ‘Is gossiping a sin?' she asked. ‘Was that God All Mighty's hand pointing down at me? Should I ask for your absolution? Father, have I done something wrong?' ‘Yes,' Father O' Rourke answered her. ‘Yes, you ignorant, badly-brought-up female. You have blamed false witness on your neighbor. You played fast and loose with his reputation, and you should be heartily ashamed.' So, the woman said she was sorry, and asked for forgiveness. ‘Not so fast,' said O'Rourke. ‘I want you to go home, take a pillow upon your roof, cut it open with a knife, and return here to me.' So, the woman went home: took a pillow off her bed, a knife from the drawer, went up the fire escape to her roof, and stabbed the pillow. Then she went back to the old parish priest as instructed. ‘Did you cut the pillow with a knife?' he says. ‘Yes, Father.' And what were the results?'

‘Feathers,' she said. ‘Feathers?' he repeated. ‘Feathers everywhere, Father.'

‘Now I want you to go back and gather up every last feather that flew out onto the wind,'

‘Well,' she said, ‘it can't be done. I don't know where they went. The wind took them all over.'

‘And that,' said the priest, ‘is gossip!'"

.....if there were no more wars

I know I know, the whole "world peace" thing is so contrived. But I seriously really, really, really, cannot stand war and fighting, even in my everyday life between myself and others (I'm a pacifist), much less knowing people are bombing and killing each other away! It's so terribly heartbreaking and unneccessary to me.

.....if I were a rich girl, lalalala!

Money is not everything in life. Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can certainly buy you opportunities to create more happiness for yourself and the people around you! Undeniably, being wealthy makes things much easier, and life less worrying. It's an added bonus, after all, tell me who wants to be poor? More moolah would allow me to enjoy the finer things in life, buy my dream car, dream house, travel the world. WOOHOO! :)

One can focus more on building quality relationships with your spouse/children/friends instead of concentrating so much on work to survive. It also puts you in  a position where you are able to help others - donate to charities, set up foundations, museums etc.

You see, money is not the root of all evil, in fact it can be used in many good ways. The love and greed of money is.

......if I could never get fat

Okay as most of you may know, I'm a self-confessed glutton and full-time pig. I LOVE FOOD I LOVE EATING. I used to have an extremely high metabolism, the pounds evaded me even when I ate enough to feed an African village. Now that I'm older though, my metabolism rate has slowed down by half. I still chomp chomp like crazy, but sadly I have to be more watchful about my diet and I find I put on weight more easily. My world would be so much more enjoyable and gastronomically delightful if my fat gene was completely gone!! I can eat without worrying about suffering the consequences!

I don't wanna end up like that please.