• dancing with delight

• knowing that spring is only three months away

• 100 wild parrots in the rain

• a small favor

• snow falling in the desert

• murmuring loving words

• hearing the rain on your roof after a long drought

• the purple thistle

• empathy

• gathering fresh mushrooms in the woods

• a pikake lei

• a hard hug from an old friend

• a crowd collecting to watch a mime

• Waikiki at Christmas

• the brilliance of sunshine on the bay

• playing the violin on the beach

• great generosity

• Mount Kailash in the spring

• climbing to the top of the lighthouse;

• wine grapes coated in chocolate;

• the gathering.

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When you make a wish, where does that wish really come from? Where does it go?

Imagine that you really did find that magic lamp, or the talking flounder, or a mysterious ring … and you were able to wish for whatever you wanted. What would it be?

You might begin with the desire for something personal and important to you in the moment. A new car, or a good job, perhaps.

Then you mull and mull, perhaps you sleep with the lamp under your pillow … and you wake up reflecting on the fact that (more…)

• reading poetry under the pomegranate tree

• moonlight sparkles on snow

• dancing till dawn

• sliding down a very wet rainbow and the colors sticking to you;

• polishing the mirror;

• quiet.