When is the last time you wished for something? In fact, when was the last time you allowed yourself to want something?
Without telling yourself that it was
…impractical
…unachievable
…wrong
…silly
…unmentionable
…impossible
…too big to fit into your cupboard
…too expensive
…incompatible with your lifestyle
What was it that you wanted so much but didn’t dare ask for?
Someone once told me,
We cherish our dreams and place them up on a pedestal
And then we let someone walk by and just knock them off.
For the crimes of other people’s thoughtlessness, selfishness and stupidity, we pay with our dreams. And we bring the curtain down on our Mirror of Erised. But if you were to look into it today, what would you see?
This week of Halloween, right after the full moon – the wishing moon – I ask that you ask yourself what it is that you would have wanted, if you hadn’t learnt about disappointment and taxes first.
If I could give you anything you wished, what would you ask for?
I dream of a complete feed on my google reader!
A rundown shack by the riverside where I can see the sunrise every morning from my bed and the sunset from my porch.
A little pool of river water at the side and a hammock strung on the mango trees by the house.
A cup of strong milk tea twice a day.
Fruits for breakfast, chicken for lunch and fish for dinner
Not having to cook it all
Cold sunny weather all year long
800 of my favorite books
4000 of my favorite songs
Monthly vacations to the most exotic countries I have always wanted to visit.
Not having to pay for these vacations.
… umm ..err…… yeah thats about it. Not a lot.
acceptance from my parents.
@ Apoorva: At least I fulfilled one wish! Now that I make your dreams come true, are you marrying me?
@ greekalphabet: Can do something about the books and songs. The rest…ah, nose down, working weekends and soon you’ll have all of it…errrm and some rheumatism as well. That’s why they say be careful what you wish for…
@ Broom: I know the feeling.
I like this-
“We cherish our dreams and place them up on a pedestal
And then we let someone walk by and just knock them off.”
And I know I will use this sometime, somewhere.
Oooooh baby…. I havent yet told ya my wildest fantasy!!
@ hyde: Do so with pleasure, I was quoting someone else too!
@ Apoorva: I’m waiting…
HI Ideasmithy;
blessing be on your knew home.befor they could be verchual. we spun daydrems of spider webs and gold crished with dew of fireflys.
THEN filled with the stuff we thought we’d needd intell in the looking glass of optical aloueshon a last i realised they are only stage sets for a phiscal sojouren. the some per written mostly though it writen as go —- were this best only HOPE WITH FEATHERS-BY Eimaly Dickson and a twitch of pussycat’s wiskers know as the Lungs whipers. settle in vechual home bulit of words not cards or silent roses on the wall.
my wish for the hunterss moon is a phiscal friend could find comfort on sojuer and a places to sing with the a fully trained services dog at her sided. so she onces more flet she had a life.
for me ; my 2 cats and gardens it be to have words find voices and illastrator who see with sight beyon-thwe the stream of words swalled in digraphia. a safe “kenal outsided the cat door so T.C.[tea and cream]and Pana could be safe and still be beyond the walls of our home. last would be 2 pondless water gardens and enough funds to feed the brids as i sat with the kids-IE. cats in their new out door spaces with a cup of dragon well tea.
yours with lite -blessing be
from others who weave and wino-card words