Why wishes?

So why are wishes so important?  Here's my take on this.  I really believe (there's that word again) that each time we openly declare a wish-we are creating hope.  Ok, so how does this work? And what is involved in "openly declaring" a wish.  First of all, declaring a wish simply means to me, that you externalize it in some way- get it out of your head or your heart and out into the universe.  Maybe you tell it to another person, or journal it, or whisper it under your breath in prayer, or shout it out to the mountain tops (you get the idea).

So far this doesn't sound all that unique, I agree, but here's where it gets quirky.  I believe (and I'm not alone in this part-just ask Goethe) that once we give our wishes to the universe things start happening.  I'm not saying that all you have to do is wish for a million dollars and 10 minutes later the doorbell rings with Publisher's Clearing House offering you a check.  But I am saying that once you declare or committ to a wish/ a dream, the universe starts preparing to help you make it come true.  The universe can't do it all on it's own, but neither can you- we need each other!

Now, the best way for me to envision this is that once we declare our wish a tiny bit of glowing hope is created and released into the universe.  And, that means, the more you wish, the more little glimmering bits of hope you create.  Sort of like fireflies on a summer's night.  Remember when you were a kid and it would just start to get dark outside and you would notice the first firefly of the night, softly glowing and floating through the darkness.  Then, after a while, you'd let your focus pull back and you would notice the whole sky was dotted with these little ethereal orbs.  This is how I picture what hope looks like.  The coolest part about this is that the only way your hope can be extinguished is for your wish to be fulfilled.  This gives us a whole new perspective about unfulfilled wishes- they're not sad- they're actually full of light and hope- they are wishes that are yet to come true-no matter how long it takes- and you have their light to guide you until they do.

I think it's a pretty awesome picture to imagine that each of us has the potential to fill the universe with positive glowing light! 

                                   

                         



image © held by AnnMarie Gitchell, 2010



  Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.

                      -- George Iles

 

 

Hope is not a dream 

but a way of making dreams become reality.
-- Author Unknown

 

   Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,

         Adorns and cheers our way;

  And still, as darker grows the night,

                Emits a brighter ray.
                -- Oliver Goldsmith