Sixty Wishes

What if I were granted sixty wishes, one for every year since I was born?

The sun is up; the sky is blue; my feet are free to dance.

How could I ever ask for more?

God hands us a paint brush, and we paint our lives away, splatters on our pants, but a new landscape every day.

The canvas is lovely, full of light and shadow, streaks of joy, and dabs of sorrow.

I see a mist rise up above a shining sea; I see a girl dancing at the shoreline, and she looks a lot like me.

I hear my own laughter in the wind; I celebrate all the places I have been, and all that I have seen.

I celebrate the people I have loved, and known, and all that is yet to be.

What of those sixty wishes?

I lived those wishes every day, and dreamed so many dreams.

The moon is up; the stars are shining; my feet still like to dance.

The colors may blur, and the canvas fade a softer color; the vision is the same.

If I lived to be one-hundred, how could I ever ask for more?

 

Linda Raha is a Christian writer who has kept a journal for a great many years. The journal entries are a mix of poems, reflections, and anecdotes on any number of topics. For Linda, the theme of the sea is a recurring one. Her love of the ocean and spending time there manifests itself in much of what she writes.