My best friend and I used to pretend that we could control unseen spirits with our minds. One windy day, we sat under some trees and I told her I would make a pinecone fall. A gust of wind knocked a pinecone off and it fell on her head. We were convinced for years that we had special powers and would always try to practice them.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- I used to believe wind came from trees. And when it was really windy, the trees were really mad.— Tiffany
- My dad told me that when he was little, he thought the trees waved back and forth to make the wind blow.— casey
- I used to believe that trees made the wind, but its the wind that blew the trees!— victoria
- I used to believe that the wind was caused by trees so you could stop the wind by getting rid of trees.— Nira
- My friend and I used to believe that we could gain special powers by pressing our bellybuttons and wishing.— Andrew
- I used to believe that the trees made it windy.— Dave