Wake-up Pages

Caroline Wants Nice.

Sunday, March 15, 2015 
Wake-up Pages visitor is Caroline.

Me: How can I help?
C: Tell someone to send me to a place where all the nice people are.
M: Why that?
C: I don't like people who aren't nice.
Me: Ben?
B: Hi Caroline. I'm Ben.
C: I want to be with nice people.
B: Are you nice?
C: Sometimes.
B: What would you do with nice people?
C: I would be nice with them. 
B: What would you do with people who are not nice? 
C: I'd hide from them and I would cry.
B: Why are you still here?
C: I want to be sure nobody bad will get me.
B: When you let go of whatever is keeping you connected to your old life I can help you cross over to the TSP and you can start planning your next life. 
C: But...
B: What ? 
C: I want to get even with some people who were not nice to me.
B: Was it their fault you died?
C: No, but I heard one of them say, "Good riddance; the old bat was a pain in the ass." 
B: That isn't nice.
C: It isn't. I don't understand why people weren't nicer to me. I just wanted everyone to be nice the way I was. 
B: Sounds like you might have been kind of bossy.
C: I had to be. I had to try to make everyone be nice. If people weren't nice it wasn't fair to the people who were nice. 
B: Tell you what; if you can forget about avenging and punishing the Not Nice and start thinking about what you want to do next you can go to the TSP and start planning a new life. 
C: Okay. I'd like to plan a new life. With no people who aren't nice.
B: Well the possibilities are infinite. But are you sure that's what you want?
C: Okay maybe one person who isn't nice. And all the nice people could gang up on him and beat the crap out of him. 
B: You know, Caroline, maybe you would do better in a situation where there are quite a few really bad people. Everybody likes to punish villains.
C: Yes! I want to do that. Can I be a villain punisher?
B: Possibilities abound. Maybe you could be a police officer, or a judge.
C: Or a superhero! Like Super Man or Wonder Woman. I would have super powers and I would pounce on bad guys and send them to prison. After I've roughed them up a little first. 
B: Superheroes surely exist in some form of reality. Of course Batman didn't have super powers. He was just an awesome physical specimen and he was smart and he had a lot of great gadgets. 
C: I could do that! I could train as a gymnast and a martial artist and a ballet dancer--cause they can kick really high! Hah! Take that, Villain. You want Swan Lake? I got your Swan Lake right here.
B: Okay. Well, do you think you're ready to move on now?
C: Yeah. Let the not-nice people deal with each other. I'm ready to take on EVIL!
B: Okay. Look up ahead. Do you see a light?
C: I do! And I see people. They are dressed in white and they are bowing.
B: Are they angels?
C: No, there's a sign that says TNS.
B: TNS?
C: The Take-No-Shit School of Martial Arts. Sign me up!