Genie in a Bottle - One Wish

Hey!  What happened to three wishes?  I think that genie better go back and re-read all the fairy tales; they clearly say "three wishes."  Must be inflation.

A wish is probably an accurate description of someone attempting to manifest a dream without the appropriate knowledge, wisdom, and action(s) to make it happen, only one wish leads to another and another.  What do you have to show for it?  Frankly, not much.

For myself, I'm a little afraid to wish.  What if I wish for the wrong thing? Better yet, what if I wish for something and it comes true?  You ever hear that saying, "Careful what you wish for"?

What if it turns out that that amazing job with flexible hours I wished for comes with a price tag of a dictator for a boss and he rules with a steel club over the head?  Or what if you wish for Prince Charming and instead you get a frog whose name was Prince Charming?  Ladies, kiss him all you want, he's still gonna be a frog.

Not my image and don't know who to give credit to but too adorable to pass up.

(Disclaimer:  This is NOT true in my case, although I've kissed enough of them in the past and they may just be saying the same thing about me!  I have been most fortunate to have had the Universe conspire to give me a real, true man, (meaning a lot of self-work first!) and, yes, I am thankful because if I had stuck to my "limited wish" I may have been up to my knees in a mucky swamp, surrounded by crocodiles, right about now...hopefully, they would have already eaten but then there are no guarantees, are there?)

Am I a crocodile or an alligator?  

Of course, that is not to say I've given up on that wish, it just needed a little revising and maybe a little more time.  ....or I conceded because the Universe just may know a little more of the big picture than I do.

Now how does this relate to you or I?  We all have dreams.  Some of us have buried those dreams under life taking priority or trying to survive through one more day but what kind of life is that?  It's a TRAP!  If we constantly give priority to everyone else or press the pause button on our own dreams, we will never realize them.  At the end of our life, we will be scratching our heads, wondering where the time went.  This is not to say we should pack our bags and catch the next jet plane, forgetting all else; only that we may not need to forsake our dreams for life either.  Maybe there is a way to have it all and we've forgotten.

Singing "...I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again..."

As you can see, I've been giving quite a bit of thought to this.  How do we manifest our dreams, i.e. do what we love, and still take responsibility for...let's say...paying our bills, feeding our family, etc?  Our friend, Albert Einstein, says, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."  I believe we can replace reality with time in our case....both seem to apply.

Assuming there is a gap between manifesting our dreams, which may be the time it takes us to accumulate the ability and learning experiences to achieve them, then what is to be done in the interim with the bill collectors?  There must be a balance somewhere in here that has remained hidden for me up to this point.

So whether your dream is to travel the world making photographs and getting paid for it or win the Olympics or to be the next President it would seem a plan of action needs to be in order, goals set, and a resilient spirit maintained.  Since there is no way, in my limited knowledge and wisdom at this moment, I can condense this into one post and because you are relying on me as one source of information who is working through this as well, we will continue with this tomorrow.  We can take baby steps together!

Coming soon...dreaming our dreams into reality.