Be Careful Of What You Wish For

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"More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones"
~ Mother Teresa

For those who have followed my blog from the very beginning, they may have noticed me having mentioned this wonderful holy sage almost as many times as His Holiness The Dalai Lama.I have read and re-read the above quote a few times over the course of the last few days. What I hear in this quote is the old adage

"Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it"!

What exactly is the link between the two? Without fussing around with words, I gather that it is exactly what it says, to be careful what we wish for, fully comprehend what we are asking for, before we post our self-fated wish unto the universe. This means that we need to probe further and understand all of the possibilities of our wish(es). We all make wishes, it is very common to hear someone say "I wish ______! When we do this, the wish is usually very general in nature, like, "I wish I would finish the assignment that I need to accomplish", "I wish I had lot's of money, striking Sports Toto's RM40million jackpot!", the desperates' "I wish I could find a gorgeous partner", "I wish that I didn't have to go to work at every early dawn or on blue Mondays”, "I wish I had the Midas touch”, etc. Oops, how did that last one get in there, we all remember what happened to King Midas, right? (we should be ashamed of ourselves for not having learnt his lesson, isn't it?)

The point that Mother Teresa was making in her quote was truly simple, be careful and have full awareness of what we pray for, wish for, think about, because it may happen and because we really were not specific and we didn't think it through enough, we may be more often than not, end up being unhappy with what we get.

"As you think, so shall it be!"

Indeed, the power is all via the mind.We have the power to manifest whatever we focus on. Our thoughts will become our reality. It is my belief that this is a universal law, this is not a concept or a "New Age" philosophy. This is how it works! Mother Teresa understood this, as have many of the great thinkers throughout time.

Here is a key point about the law of attraction, the power of our thoughts, the universe does not distinguish between what will be good for us or bad for us, it simply fulfills what we are praying for in its own special ways, though not realized nor understood by us; asking for, wishing for, or focusing on. This is a critical point that we need to understand because, we may get what we pray for, and find out that it is not what we wanted or that it is not what we meant, or there were other things, people that were affected by this outcome that we did not consider! The combination of possibilities is even too many for us to comprehend; but the awareness narrows the risk of failure and brings us better odds. Once we understand the power that we have within, the power of our thoughts, not only will we be careful what we wish for, we will also be very aware of what we think about, what we focus on. How perfect it is then that we on automatic mode to mind transformation and in the process, increase the percentage of what our wonderful brains could be tapped; especially since scientists have concluded that we use less than 5 percent of our brains' potential. The Buddha realized this potential and harnessed the power of the mind to which we now have come to understand as gaining Enlightenment.

Thus, we should just go forth and wish for what we want, and we will receive it! Before we do, be very sure that we have an understanding of what our wish being granted means!






"Walk on a trail of loving kindness
Walk on a path of compassion
And all else around you will be beautiful."
Every Blessing