I was inspired by a recent bulletin (a series of questions of which you'd rather do/be: die young, having lived a rich and vibrant life, or die old having lived an incredibly boring life? One that made no sense: be stuck in an elevator for three hours with your "crush" or your parents. Is that a joke?), so I thought I'd post something about an idea I had once.

Imagine you were given the opportunity (by a genie, let's say) to have the fantastic ability to be able to make any shot (in basketball) that you put up. Didn't matter where you were on the court, or how many people tried to stop you, every shot you put up would go in, no matter what. The genie will grant you this power, should you so choose, but there's a catch. Along with the ability will come the anxiety that every shot you put up you will miss. Further, it gets worse after every shot you shoot. So even though you'll make every shot you put up, you believe that you're going to miss every shot you put up. It might just make you a bit hesitant, at first, but as you shoot more and more, it will grow into a kind of phobia, so that you're terrified to get the ball in a situation where you'll have to shoot it. By the end, you wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

So, there's the situation. What do you think? Would you take it? I honestly don't know if I would or not.