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I wish everything always went as I would have wanted it. I wish all the pictures I took were full of bright happy smiles. I wish all the people who assured me they were going to do something always did. I wish all the people l spent time crushing on always crushed back. I wish I could always get all the books I wanted to read,have all the movies I wanted to watch.

I wish I could have all the jobs I wanted. I wish i had all the money I wanted so I could give some to all the people i see who so desperately needed some. I wish i had the best phone so I could take the most beautiful selfies.

I wish i had a man who had all the qualities i dream of in about a hundred different men all rolled up in just him. I wish i had the best advice to give to people who so wanted direction. I wish I had the broadest shoulders to offer to all those whose pillows were drenched in their own tears.

I wish all the people I thought of every day would think about me as much as i did. I wish the people I spent so much time in a day missing, would call my phone, just wanting to have a conversation with me. About anything and about nothing in particular.

But I have come to realize I can't have everything I wish for all of the time. And it is therefore necessary to guard my heart so that my feelings don't get the better part of me. So that when things don't go exactly as I wish, I don't convince myself there's nothing good going on.

So that I can focus on what i do have.And remember what I have going for me and those I have with me far exceeds what I don't have and those I don't have with me.

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