Make a Wish

Remember when you were a kid and you’d read stories about a genie released from a lamp who would grant you three wishes? How hard was it to come up with three wishes? Not too hard, if I recall… and as you got older, AND SMARTER, you realized one of your wishes could be for more wishes!! Or you could wish for a pile of money and then you wouldn’t need the genie anymore!

In my last post I expressed my thoughts on whether money can buy happiness. It got me thinking more about how I would live differently if my income multiplied dramatically overnight. Taking it one step further: how would my life be different if I had unlimited time, energy and money. What would be on my wish list then?


Well, last week I made 10 wishes following instructions from one of my favorite websites: http://www.janspiller.com/index.php. I shared it with some other people and was surprised to hear that they had a hard time coming up with 10 wishes. Imagine! I wondered, “Where has that childhood enthusiasm gone?” I remembered then, from my workshops, that most people cannot easily articulate what their lives would look like if they had unlimited time, energy and money. They really need assistance. (If you need assistance, now would be a good time to check out http://embracingpotential.com/.) While this is great for my business potential (smiles), it does leave me with that question of why making a wish was so much easier when we were kids.

As we age, our minds become full of judgments and perceptions that ultimately create limiting beliefs. [I’m not smart enough. I’m not good enough. Nobody ever listens to me. I’m nothing special. I don’t deserve it. …] We all have our own; the bottom line is that they keep us small and sitting on the sidelines of life, unable to even WISH for success. Do you recall experiencing this negative self-talk? I certainly have. And then I get inspiration from this piece from Marianne Williamson (http://www.marianne.com/) that I have actually memorized:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is
that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness
that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You
are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure
around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born
to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some
of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we
unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are
liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Friends, we MUST dream big if we want to play in the big leagues. We must summon the courage to wish for success if we are to attract it. We must step up to the plate and take a swing if we hope to ever hit a home run. [Enter ego’s limiting belief] But what if we strike out? What if? At the very least, we will inspire others to try. As a parent, the greatest gift I can give my children is this example.

What if I make a mistake? What if I get hurt? What if I fail? I say, “So What??” It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. It is in the journey that life’s reward is found and there will be no reward if you don’t take the first step. MAKE A WISH and enjoy the ride. You are worth it. Lesson Learned.