Twinkle

[vollmus]

As I walked my improved route this evening, I saw the first star of the night. At first I thought it was just an airplane, it was so bright, but with a good crick in my neck after watching for ten minutes, I determined that it hadn't moved. It really was a star.

How amazing! I grinned like a moron for the last twenty minutes of my walk, as I was nearly halfway done when I saw the "great ball of gas, burning millions and millions of miles away." As I smiled, I remembered a rhyme from my childhood:

Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight

My grin grew wider as I said it out loud, standing still and pausing my music before I started. I wished that I would become the person I wanted to be: amusing, wise, smart, independent, down to earth, respected, and slightly thinner (my original reason for walking).

I've always liked wishing on stars. It strengthens your courage and your conviction that your dream will come true to direct it to an object that is tangible-but-not. Nothing comes from nothing, and I have found that simply wishing for things in my mind won't cut it. I think I will return to the past once again -- I will state my goals to a light that has been compared metaphorically to hopes and dreams since the dawn of time.