What You Wish For

People are always saying "be careful what you wish for," so I started thinking about what it is we wish for...
 
To be wanted...by the people we WANT to want us.
 
To be working...but to be available for every special event and kids' milestone.
 
To be paid for a week's worth of work...but to have an extra day off here and there to get everything done.
 
To go to work without having to leave home in the dark...but to come home early enough to have family dinner.
 
To be healthy...but to have a day once in a while just to stay cuddled up in blankets.
 
To be successful...but to choose how and when our success plays out.
 
To be successful...but to be able to choose what that success means.
 
To be trusting...but not so trusting that we are naive.
 
To be available for whatever is needed at home...but to be working, as much as possible.
 
To be around to drop off and pick up our kids...but not to have to fight with them about their homework.
 
To produce accomplished, successful children...but not to have to listen to complaints about practicing whatever it is they might become accomplished and successful in.
 
It occurs to me that our "Wish Lists" could go on like this for a long time. That doesn't mean we should stop wishing. It just means that maybe it's true--be careful what you wish for...you just might get it.