#wishing

THANKFUL FOR THE ABILITY TO WISH

 

May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life

that have, for us, thus far accrued… 

and to begin each day with a word of thanks…

and thoughts of gratitude.

 

Today I’m thankful for my ability to wish

to keep wishing my whole life through….

knowing there’ s another wish waiting to be wished

when this latest wish does

or does not come true.

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STILL WISHING FOR PEACE

 

I began my walk this morning as I do every day…with one exception…there was a full moon lighting my way.

 

So as I do every time I chance to see the moon…

I made a wish for peace…and that she would get here soon.

 

I use to think wishes were to be treasured so I kept mine safe within a jar…

I’d only open it on special occasions like birthdays, rainbows…and shooting stars.

 

But peace did not blanket the Earth…no matter how many wishes in my jar I ‘d stuff…

which led me to believe…perhaps I wasn’t wishing hard enough.

 

So I tossed my wishing jar aside and came up with a different plan…

now I wish for peace on everything I can.

 

I wish for peace on the clouds…on every star I see at night…

I wish for peace in the darkness and on the sun’s first light.

 

And though I still wish for peace once a year as I blow out the candles on my cake…

I also wish on ladybugs and butterflies…when skipping stones across a lake.

 

I wish for peace to every God…my wish is nonsectarian…

on the wishbone of a turkey…even though I’m vegetarian.

 

When I see a white horse…when I cross my fingers…

at the seashore when I pick up an empty shell…

when I find a penny on the ground…or toss one into a wishing well.

 

It’s true so far I haven’t seen the peace in the world that I’ve been wishing for…

but I shall keep wishing still….

because even if this particular wish doesn’t come true…

perhaps the next one will.

 

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MAKE A WISH

 

I saw a shooting star this morning…it is always a wondrous sight to see….and before I made a wish I thanked the Greek astronomer…Claudius Ptolemy.

 

Ptolemy believed that sometimes the Gods on Mount Olympus got bored…tired of their mischief and their wooing…and they would peer down upon the Earth to see what we mere mortals here were doing.

 

When the Gods wanted to watch us, he believed, all they had to do…was pull the sky apart to give themselves a better view.

 

Ptolemy, being an ancient but wise and thinking chap…

believed every now and then a star would slip out through the gap.

 

And what we see from here on Earth that…what we all find so enthralling…

is not a shooting star at all…but instead…a star that’s falling.

 

Since the Gods are paying attention at that moment…to Ptolemy it didn’t seem too bizarre to believe they’d be more receptive to wishes made upon a falling star.

 

This is what Ptolemy believed…of course he couldn’t be sure…

and who am I to contradict a famous Greek astronomer…

 

The way I see it…there is still a lot abut the Universe we don’t know…so why should’t we pursue…any means at our disposal…to make a wish come true.

 

Which is why I make wishes on rainbows, ladybugs, fountains, dandelions…pennies in a jar….and on a morning walk 

after thanking Ptolemy…

upon a falling star.

 
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A SHOOTING STAR

Thank goodness I was looking up this morning because, in the blink of an eye, I saw a shooting star as it flashed across the sky.

 

My brain tells me it’s just a rock and once it hits our atmosphere…it’s dead…but my heart tells me I glimpsed an angel flying overhead.

 

In the quiet of the morning I swear…I heard that angel swish…and before she faded from my view…I knew I had to make a wish.

 

Shooting stars are rare…in my lifetime I’ve only seen a few…so I knew this wish had to be important…if it was ever to come true.

 

But a shooting star, as I just said, is over in a blink…which doesn’t give the person wishing a lot of time to think.

 

I knew it had to be a wish for all the children of the world…all the women…all the men…because I may never get another chance to make a wish like this again.

 

So I closed my eyes and made this wish for me, and you…and you:

May peace and joy guide our spirits in all we say and do.

 

I sent that wish up to the sky…out over the ocean blue…with the hope that angel would catch it and make my wish come true.

 

My brain tells me making a wish on a shooting star is probably not that smart…but when it comes to making wishes…I tend to listen to my heart.

 

 

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WISHING ON A STAR

 

He asked his God, “Why did you leave so many stars in the sky

when all your creating was done…

“With so many people making wishes.” His God said.

“I realized I needed more than one.”

 

“And the more stars I created

the more people’s wishes grew and grew and grew…

which means if you keep wishing 

one day…

perhaps 

you’ll find the star

that will make all your wishes come true.”

 

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THREE WISHES

A genie offered him three wishes to change the world

Then asked, “What would your first wish be?”

The young man smiled at the genie then said,

“That’s an easy decision for me.”

 

“I wish for everyone…every person

every son 

every daughter, father and mother

to be kind to the Earth

to be kind to the animals

and to be kind…to one another.

 

The genie said, “You still have two wishes…

what are you going to do?

The young man smiled, “I don’t think I’ll need them 

as long as my first wish comes true”.

 

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WISHES

When I was just a little tyke…I imagine around two

My parents told me if I make a wish upon a star…there’s a chance it would come true.

 

To a child that was magical!  

I didn’t have to travel very far.

All I had to do was close my eyes and take a deep breath to make a wish upon a star.

 

And I kept my wishes coming…I couldn’t tell you the exact amount

because, as I say, I was a child and I didn’t know how to count.

 

When I grew a little older (not wanting to grow up too soon)

I thought, why make a wish upon a star…when I can wish upon the moon.

 

The moon is so much bigger and has a brighter hue.

Surely a wish made upon the moon…is a wish that will come true.

 

Still not all my wishes were granted…in fact…only a few

and I often wonder what would have happened if all those wishes had come true…

 

I mean that pet dinosaur I wished for absolutely would have been neat…

But how do you walk a dinosaur…and how much food does a dinosaur eat?

 

And that fire breathing dragon I wanted…to have…to hold…to keep

would have been great for roasting marshmallows…but where does a dragon sleep?

 

Still…whether or not they are realized we need wishes…we really do…
because wishes lead to dreams….and dreams sometimes do come true…

 

So at 67 I’ll continue making wishes…still hoping not to grow up too soon…

little wishes on the stars…and big ones…on the moon.

 

Knowing I’ll find a leash big enough to walk my dinosaur

even though feeding him wouldn’t be cheap….

and dreaming about eating toasted marshmallows every night

before my dragon and I fall asleep.

 

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MAKE A WISH

When I look back on my life I think candy, ice cream and toys

were the top three wishes I made when I was but a boy.

 

When I got a little oder other wishes caught my eye

I wished for friends

I wished for good grades

I wished Grandma didn’t have to die.

 

Still a little older yet I wished for a car

a job

a wife

I wished for a host of friends and family with whom to share my life.

 

Now that I am older and most of my wishes have come true

I find the wishes I make are less about me and more about you…

and you…

and you

 

I wish that every person…everywhere…

felt they had a place where they belong

I wish that every person…everywhere…

could, somehow, get along.

 

I wish that hunger, hatred, bigotry and wars would today…cease

I wish we all lived in a world that knew 

good health 

and happiness 

and peace.

 

If these wishes came true…

if everyday the whole world was filled with compassion, 

wonder…

and joy…

Then I could get back to wishing

for candy

ice cream

 

and toys.



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SHE WISHED

She wished that she could be a star...

but her wish was over soon

“Why be a star?” She wondered.

“When she could be the moon?”

 

But the moon spends all her time in darkness

that wouldn’t be very much fun

so she no longer wanted to be the moon

she’d rather be the sun!

 

But the sun is bright and hot all the time...

with no air conditioning…so she vowed,

she no longer wanted to be the sun

she would rather be a cloud.

 

But clouds do not control their flight

as they soar across the sky

then she wondered to herself,

if that’s the reason why clouds cry...

 

As she stood their wishing she could be

the wind, the flowers or the sea

she thought to herself…how none of these

could ever wish that they were me.

 

She concluded she must be pretty special,

to be able to dream the way she does

so she made one final wish that night

 

to be exactly who she was.



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