Staring intensely into bright lights would increase my ninjitsu. No source was more potent than the Sun, but pretty much anything would go. I passed off the pain as a sign that it was working.
Incidentally, I now wear glasses.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- "Traffic lights are operated by monkies inside of them" or so a very reliable source informed me.— guuy
- I used to believe that if you were blind you could wear glasses and you'd be able to see again— Jane
- I used to believe that people who wear glasses did had a second brain!— Onessa
- i use to believe that all people who wear glasses were catholic....dont even ask me why???Anon
- One kid I know believed that because I wear glasses, it wouldn't hurt if he poked my eye.Anon
- I USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU STARED AT A PERSON, THEY COULD NOT TELL YOU WERE STARING AT THEM. PRETTY STUPIDAnon