5 Things I Wish For You Today

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“Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, Something you do , Something you are, And something you give away.” – John Lennon

1. A moment where your heart touches the heart of another.

2. At least one belly laugh that, in the best case, makes it so you can’t breathe for a split second.

3. The calm feeling that you are okay right here and right now.

4. Something unexpected that creates a ripple of knowing that magic exists.

5. An experience where you notice the sun on your skin, the rain on your face, or the wind at your back.

I wrote this as a list of what I wished for my eight-year-old and four-year-old kids on Christmas day. Then I realized that it was what I wanted for myself on Christmas day. Finally, it dawned on me that this is a an everyone on every day kind of list.

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51 thoughts on “5 Things I Wish For You Today”

  7. Only you could have given us this, Wynne. You are offering your children (and some of we adults, too) a very different set of values than most people think about. Thanks!

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  12. Such a beautiful list, Wynne. Even just one of these would be wonderful. But let’s hope for all 5 for all.

    Hope you all had a nice Christmas and rest of the school break together!

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  22. I remember having such a moment on a hike once, where I was apart from my family for a bit, alone behind a boulder, and the wind whipped up around me. It was magical, peaceful, tranquil, delightful. A gift.

    I had such a laugh from a horrible, terrible SNL sketch that I was crying. Hubby laughed more at my reaction than the sketch. (Please don’t ask me which one. It was awful. :P)

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