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Jun 2015
A wish
I watched the sky tonight and saw a shooting star. Excited, I placed my hands in my pockets, closed my eyes and concentrated on making a wish.  I ask for happiness to be fulfilled for a person that I truly and sincerely care about.  I wished that she would find peace of mind, that she may find the courage to face the day regardless of all the hardship and dismay it offers.  I wished she would find the courage to smile, maintain delight and keep living life to its fullest extent regardless of the world presenting itself as a grim, iniquitous and relentless person.   I wished that she could find the strength to cope, after experiencing several, unfair and traumatic hardships of everyday living.  Most importantly, I wished that she would find Love.  After making my wish, the shooting star finally disappeared in the sky.  Feeling at ease, I felt content with my wish, with full knowledge that this person I was wishing for would never end up being with me. After exhausting all possible ways to make her fall in love, I took the chance as a last ditch effort to make her happy and wished upon a shooting star. I know this well, From What I’ve learned before, life never gives what you earnestly want, but only what you need.  I waited for several moments for another shooting star so I could make a wish for me.  But nothing was showing.  It made me realize that maybe I should stop wishing, but start praying instead, so I turned to my faith, knelt down, placed my hands together, closed my eyes and concentrated on a prayer.  I prayed for happiness to be fulfilled for me, the only person that I should sincerely care about.  I prayed that I would find peace of mind,   that I may find the courage to face the day of all the hardship and dismay it offers.  I prayed that I would find the courage to smile, maintain delight and keep living life to its fullest extent, regardless of the world presenting itself as a grim, iniquitous and relentless person.  I prayed that I could find the strength to cope, after experiencing several, unfair and traumatic hardship of everyday living.  But most importantly, I prayed that I would find love and finally I added:  Dear God,  if I can’t find love with another person,  please give me the tenacity to find it within myself through your words, wisdom and eternal passion.  Amen
Keith Lumapas
Written by
Keith Lumapas  Brampton, Ontario, Canada
(Brampton, Ontario, Canada)   
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   Day Wing and Eiliv Advena
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