Recently my husband said to me, " You always say I wish ".....
Now he is a great guy, and he really had no idea that I took his observation personally.
I tried to explain that he is my soundboard, and that I am simply being myself with him,
but it made me realise how often I actually do say I wish .(fill in blank)
I also discovered that when I say I wish, I am letting regret steal the joy in a moment;even if the wish is something quite trite and insignificant in the big picture.
example; on a recent camping trip with our family and another (12 people in total) we needed a lot of food.It didn't take us very long to polish off the small basket of pears I had picked. I couldn't help wishing I would have picked a super, large box full of pears from our tree which is absolutely loaded with fruit this year.
Needless to say it was a great joke throughout the week. Whenever we ran a little short on food, we would wish for a pear.
Is wishing all futile though? I wonder to myself. Does wishing not provide opportunity to learn and grow.
Does wishing keep one from becoming too self sufficient and proud?
Can I be thankful while I am wishing?
I cannot concede this at the moment.
I need to ponder the why and how of wishing more first.....
For now, I must say "I wish I was still here".......(there)
I wish summer wasn't almost over.
I wish children grew up slower,
and I wish I could get rid of all these pears......
Now he is a great guy, and he really had no idea that I took his observation personally.
I tried to explain that he is my soundboard, and that I am simply being myself with him,
but it made me realise how often I actually do say I wish .(fill in blank)
I also discovered that when I say I wish, I am letting regret steal the joy in a moment;even if the wish is something quite trite and insignificant in the big picture.
example; on a recent camping trip with our family and another (12 people in total) we needed a lot of food.It didn't take us very long to polish off the small basket of pears I had picked. I couldn't help wishing I would have picked a super, large box full of pears from our tree which is absolutely loaded with fruit this year.
Needless to say it was a great joke throughout the week. Whenever we ran a little short on food, we would wish for a pear.
Is wishing all futile though? I wonder to myself. Does wishing not provide opportunity to learn and grow.
Does wishing keep one from becoming too self sufficient and proud?
Can I be thankful while I am wishing?
I cannot concede this at the moment.
I need to ponder the why and how of wishing more first.....
For now, I must say "I wish I was still here".......(there)
I wish summer wasn't almost over.
I wish children grew up slower,
and I wish I could get rid of all these pears......
as I thought about my wishing dilemma I remembered this song,
it sums up my wishes nicely...
