Authentically Mine

Star Light, Star Bright

First star I see tonight

I wish I may, I wish I might

Have the wish I wish tonight

Have you ever wished on a star? Held your feet up as you drove over train tracks? Picked up a lone penny on the street to avoid bad luck? Skipped stepping on the cracks in the sidewalk? Taken a different path to avoid walking under a ladder? Turned around and walked the other way so a black cat would not cross your path? Wonder what a crow outside your window meant?

What else have you done or thought of doing to either bring you good luck or avoid back luck? Are you superstitious?

I am.

I try not to jinx myself by saying anything too soon. For example I will not say, "when I get pregnant" I will only say "when/if we get pregnant" I don't care that it makes for a cumbersome sentence, I just will not assume. Somehow the gods of assuming will be out to get me if I assume too much too soon. The joke between my DH and I is now we are always saying "Whif I get pregnant". I am not assuming anything...this way I cannot be disappointed right? At least I think I am fooling myself....

I also wish on stars, almost every night when I am out walking Marley. It makes me feel young like a child again. To believe in miracles is somehow an adult thing to do once we have been tainted away from believing that wishes do come true. Miracles are there to make the bad turn around to good. Wishes can make everything that is fine even better.  I mean come on when you are a kid you wished for things like ponies, that the cute boy down the block will notice you, and that you get the latest gadget or toy for your birthday.  As an adult, why not wish to win the lottery, that our significant others will suprize us with XY or Z, or wish for whatever you want...new shoes to go on sale, that you get a promotion out of the blue, that a long distance friend shows up. Wish whatever you want....as they say...just be careful what you wish for...you just might get it! Does it make us greedy as adults to wish for things?

I don't think so. I mean come on let's have a little fun with life right? Sure we can wish for world peace and an end to poverty but everyone wants those things. So they are universal wishes so to speak. Next time you are outside at night look up at the first star that catches your eye - not the brightest or the most well known star, just the one that catches your attention and make a wish.

What are you wishing for?

~written for Sunday Scribblings