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Why should I want to read someone else's mind?

The February 6, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  is
If you could read minds for a day, would you? Why or why not?

Why should I want to read someone else's mind?
Telepathy is just a waste of time
unless you're mature enough to handle the stress
of knowing humanity's secret anguish
and its haphazard thought processes.

I have to admit that, when I'm driving in Las Vegas or any other city, there are times when I would like to know what the driver ahead was thinking when he/she did something stupid that almost caused an accident. However, I would not want to read another person's mind for even a day because I don't think I'm mature enough to handle the secrets I would learn.

Why should I want to read someone else's mind?
Telepathy isn't like reading a book,
it isn't like following the movement of a plot;
it's descending into the depths of thought
through layers muddied
by ego's passions
and bloodied
by fear and hate

I believe telepathy (mind reading) is possible. I believe that under certain conditions and for short periods every human being can read another person's mind. I just don't think it is something that should be possible for more then a few minutes at a time because of the implications to an individual's mental and spiritual health.

Thought of the Day: "Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading." - Sarah Orne Jewett