All too often in our lives we wish some future event would hurry up and be the present. All the while we ignore the wondrous beauty and worth of the current moment. Well, maybe the current moment is not all that special (maybe it is a decidedly negative situation), still I wonder how many people realize they are wishing their lives away?
Remember, every moment that passes us by is one less moment until we find ourselves in the grave. I wonder how many people in their final years regret the wishes How I wish Christmas were here! How I wish summer would come! How I wish I could be 21 to go to the bars! How I wish I were 16 years old so I could drive! How I wish I was ten years old so I could ride that ride! One common wish is the wish to be younger, but why, did you not just wish your youth away?
If the present state ever really that bad or the future state so desirable?
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