Make a wish! ★

Have you ever seen this and made a wish? How many times?

Personally, I lost count a loooong time ago!

I spent years of my life making wishes everytime I saw this... 10:10, 11:11, 12:12, 13:13, and so on... Years of years, wishing on stuff that looking back, I don't even think I ever got!

I looked at my clock not too long ago and it said 12:12. Then I looked again after a little while and it said 12:13, and I realized something... I didn't make a wish!

I don't ever make wishes anymore... I don't want to say I don't believe in wishes and dreams coming true anymore, because I do, believe it or not. But my idea of wishes has changed. I don't believe in asking for something and just sitting there hoping it will eventually come true...

I believe in wishes that you can work for and MAKE them come true... After all, they do say "Easy comes, easy goes", right? Victory tastes better when YOU pursue it, not when a shooting star grants it to you...

But anyway... After a few minutes I started thinking Have I run out of wishes? Is it really possible that I have nothing to wish for?

But the answers were more than obvious. I do. I do have things to wish for. PLENTY of things, as a matter of fact.

I wish I could graduate, for example. I wish I won the lottery! I wish I had a job so I could stop being a parasite. I wish I could go back to the States. I wish I lost weight. I wish this city were not so freaking dangerous. I wish I had a convertible. I wish I had a dog shelter. I wish I could give my grandma a youth potion and make her healthy again. I wish I could travel 24/7. I wish I was a UN interpreter. I wish men didn't cheat. I wish I could see him again...

Man, I could go on for hours and hours!

There are sooo many things people wish for! sooo many 'little' things that somehow become everything we want...

If you had a genie floating in front of you, and he told you you can make ONE single wish... What would you wish for?

What would be the ONE thing you think you absolutely need in your life in order to be truly happy? What is your ultimate wish?

Are you positive you wouldn't regret it later? Would you change your mind after a while and say "Man, I should've wished for that instead"

I can think of a million things I would want... But, do I really NEED them? Do I really need to have everything I wish for?

I am happy with what I have right now. I'm not rich, and I will probably never be. I don't drive a convertible, I'm not a UN interpreter. Heck, I'm not even an interpreter at all! I can't make my grandma young and healthy again, I can't win the lottery because I don't ever buy lottery tickets. I won't lose weight unless I go on a diet (or have plastic surgery, but since I'm broke, that's a no-go too)... I don't have any of the stuff I wish for, yet I am happy.

I'm happy with my life as it is right at this very second.

I love my family more than words can explain. I love school and I love what I do. I love my dog. I love my friends... I love everything I have. I love my perfectly imperfect life. I love what I have and I wouldn't trade it for the world...

So, after taking all this into consideration... Would I still need a genie? Would I still need a shooting star or a wishing well? Would I still need watches marking 11:11 everyday?

Probably...

I think after all I do have a wish left: I wish my life were always this great :)