I always have these weird rituals and rules for making wishes. First, I have to happen upon the time or have someone else bring it up, at that point in time… it doesn’t mean as much if I wait for the time to turn. Second, I have to close my eyes for what I think is long enough for the minute to turn to 12. I always cross fingers on both hands and for some strange reason, hold them up next to my shut eyes. Then I silently make a wish.
My only problem is, my mind wanders during wishes. At first I talk in my head about what I wish for, then I correct myself saying “no that’s a stupid wish, you should’ve wished for this…” Then I wonder aloud (in my head) if the fact that I just corrected myself and made a secondary wish, that the first wish is void, in which I just start basically talking to myself until I realize I look like an idiot with my eyes closed and fingers crossed. It really is a scene out of Herman’s Head.
And then… then there are the days when I don’t need to say anything at all because I know just the feelings of hope I have are enough…
#1 by John Jordan on February 10, 2010 - 12:07 am
Yes!! The wish picture. Love it. The description def does it
#2 by Michael on February 10, 2010 - 12:11 am
I do the same thing. Well, maybe not as extreme as you do, but I do.
#3 by Alan Bleiweiss on February 10, 2010 - 12:49 pm
I really prefer the “know just the feelings of hope I have are enough” yet it’s so easy to second guess, and get all shiny object distracted. Funny thing – I like 1:11, 1:44, 11:11 and 11:44 – any of these work for me, and in a pinch, 1:01, 1:04, 4:01, 4:04, 4:11, 4:14… oh, you get the idea…
#4 by Christa Watson on February 10, 2010 - 8:28 pm
I like the “letting the wish make itself” theory best! Your heart knows what it wants
#5 by Alan Bleiweiss on February 10, 2010 - 9:25 pm
Actually I totally believe that! Too often my thinking gets in the way, pretending it knows better than my heart
#6 by Shawn Collins on February 11, 2010 - 10:24 pm
The 11:11 thing tortures me – for some reason, I have it in my head that I need to look back right after it turns to 11:12, though I don’t have seconds on my clock.
So I often get burned and the wish goes down the drain.