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.