Happy Thought for 5 April 2024

Have a Happy Thought:

 

Many of us, at one point in our lives, wanted to be a superhero.

At some point, maybe you downgraded that desire to just having at least one superpower.

 

The good news for you this week is that you probably have at least one superpower… they’re just maybe not as flashy as, well, The Flash.

 

For example, you might be able to actually see images ‘in your mind’s eye’. Many of you will say ‘yeah, of course!’ but to someone like me, who is largely aphantastic, this is a superpower!

 

Or maybe you can make your ears rumble, a sensation (or sound-muffling?) that most of us only experience on accident when we are in the middle of a really. Big. Yawn.

(sorry if you just yawned. I did. Several times while writing this part)

 

Or maybe you can see ultraviolet light, that most humans can’t but a lot of insects can – if you’re aphakic, meaning you’re missing the lens on one or both eyes, you might be able to see some additional parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.

 

Maybe you’re a super-taster, with more, and more sensitive, taste buds than many of your fellow humans (you can literally count the tastebuds on your tongue if you’re really curious).

 

So have a wonderful weekend, whether it’s using one of the superpowers above, or wriggling your nose (or your ears), or raising one eyebrow at a time, or bending a joint in that way that you can do but none of your friends can…

 

Just go be super 😃

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