The image of Tinkerbell flying in front of Cinderella’s castle and Jiminy Cricket singing “When You Wish Upon a Star” is burned into my memory. I loved watching the Wonderful World of Disney when I was a kid and I believed in the kind of magic that was the Disney hallmark. Not so much now. I haven’t wished upon a star in a long time. This fact was brought to my attention when a friend and I were reading our horoscopes for fun and I found out she does actually wish upon a star every night. When did I lose that simple faith that wishing and dreaming are a worthwhile endeavor and that dreams can come true, even in retirement? I know my practical Capricorn brain tends to veer more towards down-to-earth reality but as I talked to my friend I realized that wishes and dreams aren’t the sole property of the young.
I can’t go back, nor would I want to go back, to finding the dreams of my youth, but I think I need some new wishes and dreams for this part of my life. I have a little bit of a sense of what they might be and they probably involve romance, creativity, and adventure in some shape or form.
I want to do what my friend does and be able to look at the night sky and say my wishes and dreams out loud. I know just saying them won’t make them happen, but they will surely never come true if I don’t even have an idea in my head about what they are. As I wrote about in a previous blog, thoughts are things and if I don’t make any wishes, my dreams definitely won’t come true.
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Linda Pace
11/11/2015 07:52:45 pm
I'll be singing that song for the next few days!!!
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