I used to believe that if I tried hard enough and concentrated, I could actually "float" off the roof of my Mom's house and land softly in the grass. After the first time I tried the 12-foot jump, I quickly dispelled that belief.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to believe if I concentrated hard enough I could move stuff.
*sigh*
— Zog - when i was abotu 5 or 6 i thought that if i were to pull hard enough on my pants, i would float away— Aaron
- I used to belive if someone liftes you up, and you lift them at the same time, you will float in the air.— D'Anthony
- I used to believe that mushrooms in the grass grew if it was sunny and rained at the same time.— Ryan
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean! - When I was little I was conviced if you said twinkee in a mirror 3 time a foot would appear. Anon