What would I ask if I have only one wish?

What would I ask?
An eternal life? No. An eternal life will demand so much that I’ll later wish that I had never even thought of it.
All of the world riches?
Maybe but money does not really provide happiness to the master of the rich. A rich man will have his worries later. He would wish that he had a simpler life, later.

What would I ask?
I could only ask for one thing.
I would only ask for one thing.
It is time, all of the time in the world; all of it to my own leisure.
I want the power to stop time. I want the gift of turning back time. I want the ability to see into the future. I want the strength over the time stream.

Time has never been my ally. All of the time, always, it searches for chances to strike me down, no matter hard I tried. I tried to be resilient but even the grandest mountain will bow to time. Who am I but a Human?

But what if I could control this foe of mine?
What would I do?

If I had the power to control time, I will stop it indefinitely. I will let it flows only when I desire it. Never once, I will make sure, never will it slips from my grip and be turned against me. Never, ever.

“A wishful thinking…”
- Prof. John Patrick Hayes,
Rm 1500, EECS Building, Michigan.