Supernatural essay

Supernatural...

The supernatural... there are a myriad examples for this notion. A memory of someone else’s experience, a premonition, intuition, or even a visit from another world... Perhaps it is not as cryptic and mysterious as it is made out to be. I wonder why so many people desire a liaison with such forces, enough to sometimes convince themselves that certain things really happened, when in fact their lives are as normal as their next-door neighbors. It makes one wonder about the next-door neighbors...
For centuries, there have been tales of magic and the otherworld, stories of fantastic journeys and strange acquaintances. Such talk has been publicly shunned, shrugged off as “nonsense” or “delirium”. In some cases, there have been deaths caused by the debates on this issue. But secretly, everyone wants to know and be a part of it all. Maybe even they themselves do not know why.
There must be something intriguing about being different, being able to do things no on else can ever do. It is considered valuable to have such a secret. Some people want powers to get revenge on their enemies. Some simply feel the need to assuage their thirst for something dissimilar. Considering we live in a world where everyone wants to “fit in”, I am inclined to wonder why there is such a craving to belong somewhere else.
But what of those people who actually know what it is like? I can not imagine that the supernatural does not take place at all. There must be someone out there who can move things with the snap of a finger, start a fire by blowing a kiss, or know what you are thinking before it reaches past your lips. And I wonder whether those people would ever be willing to live like the rest of us. Apparently, everyday life would be relatively easy – but according to the tacit laws of balance, their problems must be much worse.
Even if one does not possess such gifts, one may let desire grow into obsession until he or she finds it a challenge to differentiate reality from fantasy. Ordinary days would not be worth lingering upon, and would only be breezed through with hopes that the next day would hold more surprises than the last. The people with this outlook may easily lose focus in real life and eventually begin living in their own heads... maybe not literally, but the results could be just as devastating. This must be how anti-socials are created. I wonder why a supernatural life would be so preferable to the one we all know as “normal”.
Sometimes, in order to keep up with everyone else, one might end up hanging a bit too far off the edge, almost ready to let go. A parallel ledge of reality to reach out to could be just the haven many overwhelmed people may need. Sometimes, life is simply too slow. Every day may follow a routine identical to the one before. One may pine for adventure and challenge because what he or she currently does is too easy. Many just want to know what it is like to do something which they would be considered important and powerful for. Often, a person’s own world depicts them as a better looking, stronger, braver, more charismatic character than he or she truly is. A single accidental premonition could drive one around the world to the extremes on a personal “quest”, only to end up back at his or her doorstep with nothing more than the realization that there is nothing special out there.
I wonder why it hurts so much, being slammed back into the norm, although it is a known fact that all odds are against any supernatural dream coming true. Yet, this hope is always present in the “saved” files of every mind... saved from those memories of childhood in which anything seemed possible.
I wonder whether it still is, and if we have simply labeled it impossible because we have lost that credence which kept us so happy once upon a time. Sometimes I wonder why even believers are torn from this notion by others for whom it has failed to electrify as it once would have done.
There can be an infinite number of reasons as to why people desire the supernatural! What with it differing from mind to mind, each flame may take life from a different spark. And as much as we may burn for unreality, all we can do for ourselves is wonder, “why”.