Be Careful What You Wish For

After reading “Wishful Thinking: The Swann Sisters” by Evangeline Andrews, I have come to the conclusion that being given wishes isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. You have to be very careful with wording and intention because misinterpretation, loop holes, and caveats abound. For example, “I wish I had the winning lottery ticket.” Seems simple enough but is it really?

Do you need to specify how you come to get the winning lottery ticket? Let’s face it, if you take the ticket off the person you just hit with your car or stabbed, you aren’t going to be enjoying the ticket for long.

You should probably clarify when you want this lottery ticket to win. Having the winning lottery ticket from 1955 isn’t going to help you because there is a limit on timeframe for claiming prizes. This week’s winning lottery ticket or even next week’s winning lottery ticket isn’t going to cut it. You could even go so far as Friday, September 30 2011 Mega Millions Lottery drawing and that might be specific enough.

Do you need to add in that you live long enough to enjoy cashing in and spending the money? The moment you realize you won, you could step off the curb and get hit by a bus. Might be an important point of clarification to make with the wish granter.

Do you need to clarify that you want the funds to bring you happiness and not to be an eternal source of pain as money sometimes can be? Will you know who your friends really are once you get the money? At this point, I am think you need an attorney and an accountant to help draw up the perfect wish documentation just to make sure you cover all your bases and even then, there is probably something that someone is going to forget that will mess up the whole wish.

So I guess my point is, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.