Make a Wish?

Five or ten minutes, you say, and that’s it.
My day flies by, and most of the time, I end up doing things I don’t really want to do. This morning started off well, even though I woke up early, a bit too early, but I got straight to work with the body paint, and one thing led to another.

The "other" was less pleasant, including an invasion of ants marching through the kitchen drawers and cabinets. Exhausting. Meals were rushed, and even those ten minutes of writing, ten little minutes that feel awfully long when the internet acts up and you keep trying anyway.

I read, left comments, but nowhere near as much as I’d planned. And the rest? Sorry, folks, but you’ll have to wait. What feels more important right now is spending time with friends and family. Is that what I truly want?

When it comes to wishes, honestly, I wouldn’t know what to wish for. The downside of a wish is that it’s often made impulsively, and the consequences aren’t always clear. It’s like that fairy tale where the poor fisherman gets a wish from the golden fish. And what does he wish for? Well, nothing at first, because he’s arguing with his wife (wisely, during a meatless meal). A sausage is what he’d like, and poof, there goes the first wish. More arguing, and of course, someone snaps: I wish that sausage was stuck to your nose! (probably with a curse word thrown in).
The last wish is then spent on making the sausage disappear again. As a kid, I wondered why they didn’t just eat the sausage or cut it off, I mean, a sausage is a sausage, whether it’s on a pile of potatoes, the table, or hanging from a nose. Or am I wrong?

Coming back to that wish… what we wish for depends on the moment, the situation we’re in, and what our heart (or mind) deems most sensible at the time.
Would I wish for good health? Probably not, because good health doesn’t automatically mean happiness.
The same goes for wealth, so what I’d most likely wish for is to feel happy. Blessed are the poor in spirit, after all, and those who are poor in spirit are, thankfully, spared most of the misery.

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Prompt see title by @freewritehouse}