"If wishes were horses, beggars would fly!"

At times I have felt the sole reason why a person exist is because he or she has some or the other wish. At every stage of life we have different set of desires, and perhaps it is these desires which help us keep going. An infant wishes to grow up as early he can, the grown ups wish could they ever be kids again. The new born wishes to have remained in the comfort of his/her mother's womb, while the one on the deathbed wishes he/she could live a little bit more. The busy souls desire for some time with their loved ones, the unemployed desire of a job that will keep them busy. The poor desire to be rich, the rich desire to be richer. The deprived desire to have some comfort in their life to keep them alive, the privileged would wish for more luxury. The lean desire to be fatter, the fat ones struggles to shed their weight. These wishes are so different in nature for different people, nonetheless for every person his/her wish is the most significant. A significant wish for one could be pretty negligible for other. Some wishes are long term, others quite instant. A wish could challenge a person to reach greater heights, it could also take the weak spirited ones on to the wrong paths.

And the wishes, the desires and aspirations remain till the moment one stays alive. Some live up to see some of their wishes getting fulfilled, but no one would have had all his/her wishes fulfilled.


We may have reasonable and unreasonable wishes. Though the wants are unreasonable we cannot necessarily stop ourselves from wanting/wishing. At times we do realize that there are few wishes which will remain confined to our dreams, that they are no going to be fulfilled. But still those wishes would be with us, it will be part of our thought process. Can we really define the feeling of being content, has anyone who is born as a human remain content about the things, the achievements, the accomplishments of his/her life. Doesn't he (the one who claims to be content) wish to do anything more in his life. Or are there any greater mortals who know what the ultimate satisfaction is, and wish for nothing more. I know it is good to feel happy about things you have, but even when a person is happy about the things in his/her life doesn't he/she wish anything more? I guess, they do still have wishes. Oh how badly I WISH, that I would wish for nothing any longer in this life :)