For this week's Fun Monday task the lovely Sayre is playing genie in the lamp - she wants to know our heart's desire in the form of three wishes. Oh Sayre, you know I wish for the regular things, world peace, a cure for cancer, and a hundred million dollars in the bank.
In considering my answer, I vacillate between thinking wishing for things is impractical and pondering what do I really want. This wishing is a tricky business. For example, although my thought may be morbid, one of my wishes is to die a quick and painless death. Now, a genie less kind than our Sayre would have granted my wish and zapped me on the spot nullifying my other two opportunities for wishes. Nonetheless, when I do come to the end of life, I do hope that the event is not preceded by a long and painful illness.
Now, I have wasted my first wish. The choice for my second wish should be more practical and less morbid. Yes, my first wish should be about life. So what do I really want during my lifetime? I want what we all want ...to be happy. Happiness, what can be wrong with this wish? Do I actually want to be happy all of the time? Even this wish has pitfalls. Do I wish to be happy when life calls for sorrow like when a loved one suffers excruciating pain? No of course not, I do however wish for an optimistic outlook about living and loving.
After wasting my first two wishes, I should make a wise choice for wish number three. Genie, I think that I have this one. I wish for wisdom. Wisdom to make wise choices and wisdom to learn from my mistakes.
Thank you Sayre, now that my wishes have been granted, I am grateful. To see what other wishes, our Genie is granting today visit Sayre Smiles for a list of the Fun Monday participants.
7 comments:
These are all marvelous wishes. And I whole-heartedly agree with your first wish. My grandmother went like that - which was a blessing as she was a horrible sick person. Having to die of an actual illness would have just ruined her whole life. As it was, she suffered a massive stroke and was dead before she hit the floor. It was quite the shock for us, of course, but I was so happy for HER!
These are all marvelous wishes. And I whole-heartedly agree with your first wish. My grandmother went like that - which was a blessing as she was a horrible sick person. Having to die of an actual illness would have just ruined her whole life. As it was, she suffered a massive stroke and was dead before she hit the floor. It was quite the shock for us, of course, but I was so happy for HER!
Hm, for some reason my comment didn't take the first time. What I was trying to say was that wishes are hard, because there's always something weird that happens when you get what you want. LIke 'be careful what you wish for' and all that.
To die a sudden death is so hard on the loved ones left behind...but what a way to go..without suffering. Wisdom is a great wish...wish I knew some of the things I know now..years sooner.
I totally agree with you about going quickly when it's my time to die. Think this springs from being fiercely independent and not wanting to burden others. As for happiness, you're right--great difference between giddy with happiness and that deep sense of well-being and joy we fell, if lucky. Am still thinking about wisdom--a certain amount, but not so much that you lose sense of adventure?
Come back over to my place on Wednesday and sign up for Oct 4 Fun Monday. Hopefully we can keep it going.
Those three wishes cover the important operational events of living. (2) Regular living is better on the happy or positive side. (3) Doing life with wisdom makes it more productive for everyone. (1)The ending right away keeps productive up right to the end. However, that need not be thought about as any time soon.
Wisdom would be nice, wouldn't it? I'd make the trek to Oz and melt the wicked witch to get some wisdom.
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