This was a post published six years ago in my private blog. I reproduce it here for public consumption today — to celebrate the beauty of life and everything that comes with it — including the ability to wish for things, and to see them come to pass!
February 19, 2009
We are a species that have it all. A complete package of not just physical and intellectual qualities that set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom, but a complex bundle of passions and emotions that includes the ability to make wishes!
A wish! How does one capture the entire scope of that word? How much more abstract could one get? A wish is something that cannot be seen let alone measured! It just is! One usually wishes for what one doesn’t possess — everything from the mundane material comforts of life to a host of abstract concepts and conditions such as peace, prosperity, love and happiness. A wish is, I suppose, somewhat stronger in nature than a mere hope; it is the strongest deepest desire that rises from the very recesses of our beings to almost will the wish into existence!
And yes, of course, not all wishes are good ones; there are those that are not-so-good, but it seems like more often than not, it is the good ones that come to pass.
And in line with that, here’s a lovely song that claims there never was a wish better than this…
100 Years
I’m 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I’m just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
I’m 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
And we’re on fire
Making our way back from Mars
15 there’s still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there’s never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
I’m 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I’m of age
A kid on the way
A family on my mind
I’m 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I’m heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
15 there’s still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
15 I’m all right with you
15, there’s never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
Half time goes by
Suddenly you’re wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We’re moving on…
I’m 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I’m just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
15 there’s still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you’re on your way
Every day’s a new day…
15 there’s still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there’s never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
