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When you hear people begin

a sentence with, "I wish...",

what usually follows?

Is it a description

of something judged negatively

that happened in the past

("... you hadn't done that/

this hadn't happened.")

or something positive that hasn't

yet happened in the future

("... you could get that new job

you applied for.")?

Most people use "hope"

to describe a future desire,

and "wish" to describe

a desire to change the past.

The human mind has a difficult time

focusing on both past and future.

What will it take for us

to spend considerably less time

wishing about the past and

a whole lot more time and

energy hoping for the future?

Whatever it is, 

I hope we do it!

© 2015 Todd Jenkins