“Be careful what you wish for. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They bum your tongue the moment they are spoken and you can never take them back” (Alice Hoffman)
Folks Let’s start with a joke…
*A married couple in their early 60’s are celebrating their 40th anniversary in a quiet romantic little restaurant in Dublin. Suddenly a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table.
She said, “For being an exemplary married couple and for being loving to each other for all this time they were each granted a wish”.
The wife responded, “Oh I want to travel around the world with my husband by my side”. The fairy smiled and granted the wish where two tickets on the Queen Mary’s second cruiser ship appeared in her hand.
The husband thought for a moment. “Well this is very romantic, but an opportunity like this will never come again”. Looking at his wife he said, “Sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife that is 30 years younger than me”. The wife and the fairy were very disappointed but a wish is a wish.
So the fairy waved her magic wand and poof!… the husband became 92 years old 🙂 *
We often make bad choices. It’s only natural. Misunderstandings, unrealistic motivations and desires lead us to the inevitable FOO-PAH in life and we have to deal with it honestly although many of us feel the need to hide such possibly embarrassing moments, or simply lie about them. Perhaps accusing another of a mishap or simply ignoring it ever happened. So life goes on.
We see interesting things on television or the internet promising us quick money, success, personal achievement, longer lasting this and harder that(you know what I’m talking about). Financial systems, medical cures, chemical reactive miracles – a better and more socially appealing you 🙂
Since the pandemic, we have been inundated with all sorts of scams appealing for our attention, money and time. These scams prey upon the above-mentioned emotional aspect of your life, your desires, dreams and expectations. Beware. When it’s too good to be true, it usually is friends. Money for nothing never happens, not to working people at least. Curtail and understand your expectations, acting only after you have made an effort to think about what you’re prepared to do.
Think about where your dreams, desires and expectations come from, and how and why they developed as they did. Self-knowledge goes a long way toward being in control of yourself. Our present-day society seems to be grasping at your attention, trying to mould you, shaping you into a consumer, social observer and minion for our corporate elite. Corporate messaging and propaganda(that is what advertising is) shape us daily. Don’t you want to be attractive, smell good, and be seen as bright and celebratory? Well buy this, wear that, spray on this and think in this socially politically approved manner. Is that you? Doing other guys bidding?
We cannot get away from these distractions in life, but we can train ourselves on how to respond to them. Listen-watch-observe-learn-understand-personally act upon your needs and requirements not emotionally, but as logically as you can. Ask yourself do you really need this? Will this harm me or someone else? Personal Honesty is always the best policy.
Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
