Six word story:
"There's no star to wish upon."

I am a person who believes in a strange combination of Disney magic and scientific realism.  There's something comforting and childlike about believing that things happen on their own, without any control on my part, except for the control I have to wish on the shooting star that a fairy god mother sends me.  Is that weird?  Yeah...it is.  But the other side of me, the side that is grounded in scientific theory and empiricism, knows that the only way to make things happen in our lives is do so actively not passively.  To actively make our dreams come true we have to do something.  We have to put forth effort beyond that required to make a really good wish.

Sitting stagnantly, hoping for the things we want, only gives us really vivid imaginations, images of what could be, and dreams.  Thinking and wishing only get us thoughts and wishes.  To make those thoughts and wishes real, we've got to take action.  We've got to make plans, step outside of our comfort zones, take chances, allow ourselves to feel awkward, do new things, learn new things.

Because that is how you make your dreams and wishes come true-- not by sending them up to the stars.  Stars do not grant wishes for us, nor do fairy godmothers (thought a part of me will always think they do). We grant wishes for ourselves.

We grant wishes for ourselves by getting our heads out of the stars and into our lives. Because "there's no star to wish upon."

Keep on thinking,
Josie