Is It Selfish to Want What You Want?

If you knew it could be granted, what would you wish for? Would your wish change if you knew you were approaching the end of your life here on Earth?

The most common wishes are for health, happiness, love, and success. That’s what most adults would wish for. How about children facing a life-threatening challenge, though? What’s their most common wish?

Turns out, 40% of children who petition the Make-A-Wish Foundation ask for a trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Many, if not most, adults would react to that with something along these lines: “Well, they’re just a child and don’t understand how serious their condition is.”

That may be true, and it misses the point completely. Children want what they want. You wanted what you wanted when you were a child. I wanted what I wanted when I was a child. As we grow up, we mold ourselves to what the adults or authority figures in our lives expect from us. That’s normal and natural – we want their approval and the easiest way to get it is to comply with what they think is right for us.

The day you become a true adult is the day you realize that what YOU want matters more than what anyone else wants for you or from you. This is your life. This is your journey. This is your wish to make. This position isn’t selfish in the way most people mean the word. This is advocating for yourself, for what you believe, for what you want, for what you wish to experience before your life is over.

I want to ask you again – if you knew it could be granted, what would you wish for? Wish it, focus on it, and make the moment-to-moment choices to make your own wish come true.

Wags,
Sandy Weaver
The voice of Wagaliciousness!