Why do we wish on faraway stars? Because our desires seem out of reach.Why do we wish on four-leaf clovers?Because our desires seem hard to find.Why do we wish on coins tossed in founts?Because our desires seem worth the cost.Why do we pray our wishes to God?Because then our desires seem possible.

Even if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, keep to your own side; it's where you belong. There you can plant your own grass and tend to it.

Be not wishing and pining but thankfully content.  For it is a short bridge between wanting and regret."- from "Dimpellumpzki

Be careful what you wish for. It may turn out that making the wish was the only good part.

Hope is the fuel within all human souls.Eliminate hope—nothing moves, nothing grows.

I wish I were a tree.Tall. Strong. Abiding.Rooted in the spot I stand, impervious to lures that drag the transient here and there. Possessing neither a negligent ear nor a traitorous tongue that would only soak in and breath out rabid gossip. Able to endure fickle shifts in the wind and not bend. Lazing under the fierce sun, weariless, suffering no sweat or burn.Alive, sipping water, quietly providing.How I wish I were a tree.

No misery compares to staring at a clear night's sky with arms stretched toward a coveted star, wishing on what is forever out of reach.