When You Wish Upon A Star

Well, the title makes me feel like Jiminey Cricket, lol, but that's okay.

I saw a shooting star tonight. I like shooting stars, I think they are absolutely beautiful. I was walking home with my cousin, Abby. She told me to make a wish. Hmm..... dare I say "How cliche"? I might have, I'll admitt it. But I did make a wish. I won't share. But I made a wish. Besides, wishes rarely come true, so it's not a big deal. Even still, I wonder what this magic will bring me.

One time when I was little, I wished upon an airplane. I think it was the best wish ever. Even if it was on an airplane, my wish was pretty great. I don't know whether it was a great wish in itself, or the feeling making the wish gave me that was great. But whatever it was, my wish came true. Maybe people would have more luck if they wish on airplanes instead... who knows?

I watched a meteor shower not too long ago. Technically, it wasn't a meteor shower; it was the Earth passing through a giant ring of dust that circles the sun and the particles of dust were the shiny flying things in the sky =P. But it was amazing. Did I wish? Yes, I wished a lot. But my wished didn't come true in the way I had hoped. They came true in mysterious ways. I saw about 15 shooting stars that night, but I really only made a few wishes.

Thing is, a part of me doesnt even believe in making wishes. I think you have to go after what you want and not let pure happen-stance solve everything. I can be a go-get-er. So maybe making the wish was the first step in going after what I really want/need. Maybe I made the wish because I didn't think I'd ever be able to get that, and it was my only chance because I had been trying. Maybe I made the wish to give myself a ray of hope that could lead me to getting what I want/need. Who knows?

All I know is that on my wall, the large part of me that relies on fate wrote "Make a wish... and Believe in it." I heard that on a philosophical tv show that's not really philosophical at all. I find meaning in everthing =). But, if you don't believe in things, in yourself and in your wishes and desires, then its hopeless. And even though I believe whole-heartedly in this philosophy, I'm pretty hopeless. =)

"When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires will come to you
If your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star as dreamers do
(Fate is kind, she brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing)
Like a bolt out of the blue, fate steps in and sees you thru
When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true"

~the em~