When I was pregnant with my first son, I was terrified of labour! I wanted a caesarian section so badly.
Six weeks before he was due to appear, the doctor detected a strong irregularity in his heartbeat. They didn't know if he would have to be delivered immediately. I regretted wanting a c-section -- I felt responsible for what was happening.
To make a long story short, everything turned out perfectly. I carried him to term and after 22 hours of labour, he was delivered, finally. By c-section! And on the exact day he was due. Jack weighed 9lbs 8 ounces and is perfectly healthy to this day.

So it's true. Be very careful what you wish for.

Sometimes what we think is best for us will actually be disastrous. We should accept and deal with what we are dealt and not yearn for something that would not be good for us.

Sounds good to me.

I used to have a horse when I was younger. I can't bear the thought of other people looking after my animals so I vowed never ever to sell him, I said I'd rather die than have him go to someone else. When the opportunity to work abroad came up, I couldn't take him with me so left him in the care of a lady who just wanted a horse for a short while. He died two weeks after I gave him to her.

Oh if only that were true! I do this all the time -- very strongly, imagining a certain stairway-street house that I own where I don't have to answer to a landlady or manager; and I can see all my current plants out in the sunny back yard and/or deck outdoors. I can see a lemon and lime tree as new additions to my plant family...perhaps a pair of kiwi vines. Ahhh, gardening, and wearily climbing up those steps after a good dinner out or grocery shopping -- labors of love!

What is the question?

Two days after my Mother died, my oldest son, my Father, and I were sitting in the kitchen of my parents house talking about my Mom and the upcoming funeral. My oldest son was 4 at the time, and he looked up at my Father and asked him if he was going to "get him a new Grandma". My Father said "No, I would never do that', and I said "Oh, Dad- don't tell him that. You never know what could happen." My Father kept on insisting that he would never love another woman, and I told him that I was okay with him seeing someone, and that he would feel better a year from then- and would be lonesome. I really meant what I said, and I prayed that he would find a wonderful woman to love him.
Little did I know that he would start dating Gina 1 & 1/2 months after my Mother's death, and that he would choose to tell me that he had a girlfriend and he wanted me to meet her- on the first Mother's Day that I had without my Mom.
That was really really hard. But I brought it upon myself.
They are to be married this August.

When all of your wishes are granted.....many of your dreams will be destroyed.........
When all of your wishes are granted.....many of your dreams will be destroyed.........
When all of your wishes are granted.....many of your dreams will be destroyed.........
When all of your wishes are granted.....many of your dreams will be destroyed.........
When all of your wishes are granted.....many of your dreams will be destroyed.........

There is a variation on this theme - it goes:

'When the Gods wish to punish us they grant us our wishes'

It was also the inspiration for the classic story - 'The Monkey's Paw'.
http://www.gate.net/~madonia/monkeypa.htm

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Yours is the best answer so far

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I have heard this saying, and know pretty much what it means.
For example, I might say I wish I didn't have to go to work on Monday, then get sick Monday, or whatever. So, I would rather work on Monday than be sick on Monday.

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i wish for peace without boredom.

When I was in labor with my son, I wished I didn't get back labor, but ended up with 8 hours of it.

lol

Be careful what you say to people.

i couldnt agree more, once you have it all there is nothing left to inspire you to deep going

Once you "have it all" and it pales in comparison to what you dreamed it would do for you and/or make you feel....it can be pretty damn disenchanting. Completeness and fulfillment comes from within...not from any outside goal or distant dream.

Better to live in the moment, I've found, savoring what is real and pleasurable, laughing...making every second count, instead of staring up at the stars dreaming for the day it will all be "better" or "perfect".

hehehe and this is so much correct

peace. stability. understanding.

That is so, so, so, true!!! Or you just keep thinking "I'm not happy yet, there must be something else I don't have that I didn't realize I needed. I need to get this or I need to get that, or change this, or change that." It's only when you realize that nothing is wrong that you can see how right everything really is.

Hey! I missed you, and Zang, and Biggles, and heyzeus, and Dino, and, and, and... I had some stuff in my head I had to deal with, but it's much better now.

*grabs you and squeezes you hard*
I missed you too!

Did you have a nice trip?

You know something else I found. When I relaxed and started enjoying what I have and living in the moment, It seems worry was majikally banished from my life. I really think worry was killing me!

***squeeeeeeezzzzeee*****

It sounds like you're having a really good time of it right now. Not just from what you wrote here, but from what I've seen in other surveys today (my first day reading here in a long time) your resounding themes seem to be about feeling good and healthy and in control and HAPPY! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love to you and yours!!! (Phi's been telling me about all the fun he's been having with you in chat ).

*giggles*
Life is rich!
I'll give the gurls your love.
I thought about you a lot while you were off on your trip. I was hoping you were having a "grand" time!!!

ride the waves of life. sometimes its very good to dream, but you have to stay grounded in reality

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I wish for more wishes!

Sometimes you ask for something, and when you get it, it sucks.

I wish my hubby and I could have children together.
Other than that, I wish that good would always prevail in the end, and that somehow, somewhere, there is justice in the universe.

**combusts**

Gosh *looks up* Few people have understood my survey Maybe I should have explained it better.
*slinks off into a corner to sulk*

when I expand I combust

What did you mean then?

A wish is a powerful thing, especially if someone else gets to choose how your words are interpreted. eg;

"I wish I had a million pounds right now"

*poof*

A million pound coins appear in the sky above my head, and I'm crushed dead.

A wish is something that is granted, a dream is something you work towards. You may regret a wish the moment it is granted, you can realise the folly of a dream before its too late.

I got it... I think. Tell me I got it. I got it, didn't I? Oh.. maybe I didn't. Can you repeat the question?

Yes, you got it!
*runs across field singing 'The Hills Are Alive'*

Well there's plenty of movies that play on this... usually about kids making these dumb "wishes" then see what would really happen (like say I wish I was never born, I wish I had different parents, etc) if the wish came true... also like in the movie Bedazzled where Brendan Fraser makes his wishes but the wording becomes a technicality because he wasn't specific enough.

I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weeeeener........