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Subject: "A WISH FOR LIFE" From Linda E. Merrill -- A poem to celebrate life and heal the world . . .
Message:
Hello, and best wishes to you and yours.
Welcome to the “A Wish For Life” website!
(see www.awishforlife.com, which was created
on September 22, 2006)
My Poem, “A Wish For Life,” is here, along with
the story of how I wrote it, the tender wishes it
carries for everyone, and the gifts it offers to
people everywhere.
“A Wish For Life” invites us all to cherish our
own lives and the lives of others.
Please enjoy this sincere little poem!
Some people enjoy reading and re-reading
“A Wish For Life,” and I hope it will bring you
joy as you read it to yourself and to those you
care about.
A WISH FOR LIFE
My wish for me, for this precious life of mine,
Is what I wish for you, what I hope you find.
I wish for magical days, radiant with love,
Bright with insight and sharing, warmed by peace.
I hope for pivotal times, lasting friendships,
A golden life infused with affection and daring.
I yearn for personal heroes, people who blossom
As they spin intriguing lives, full and awesome.
I long for a life that inspires and encourages,
One that nurtures dreams and fuels creativity.
I reach for a life that brings joy and ease
To me and mine, to you and yours, a light to all.
My wish for me, for this precious life of mine,
Is what I wish for you, what I hope you find.
“Linda E. Merrill” < awishforlife22@yahoo.com >
~ Linda E. Merrill, MBA, CPA, Writer, Editor,
Artist, Jeweler, Mortgage Broker, Real Estate Agt
Prepaid Legal Services Sales Assoc, Notary, . . .
Copyright 1994, All rights reserved
Berkeley, California
The future of “A Wish For Life”
I hope that you enjoy this little poem, that it
brightens your life, and that you will want to
forward this e-mail to others, as many as you can
think of, around the world.
[[P.S. When you forward this to others,
please help them by sending it using “bcc,” and
please maintain the privacy of previous
forwarders by deleting their personal contact
information (e-mail addresses, names, and so on).
I am happy to be the source of this sending,
so I appreciate having you retain my information
here when you do forward this e-mail.
If you see the value in this, I would appreciate
your using this e-mail address string as your
“To” addressees:
“Tim Bennett and Oprah Winfrey” <tbennett@harpo.com>, “Marianne Williamson” < mariannecomments@iamplify.com >, “Tavis Smiley” <tavis@tavistalks.com>, ”Louise Hay “ < admin@hayhouse.com >
Thank you all so much,
~ Linda E. Merrill ]]
The story of “A Wish For Life”
I wrote this poem in early 1994 as an
introduction to a book of my poetry. I wanted
to create a poem that would summarize my
feelings about life, love, people, and living—a
poem that would be both a greeting and an
inspiration to readers.
I sat down to write, hoping to put my own
“essence” into words, and, thus, “A Wish For Life”
was born one lovely Berkeley morning.
“A Wish For Life” has taken on a life of its own
since that first day in 1994. Within a few weeks,
I discovered that it rang true to my friends, and
I felt called to share it with dozens of people, all
of whom enjoyed hearing the poem and thanked me.
I soon created small folding “calling cards” with
the poem inside, and began giving them to
friendly people I met. Over the last twelve years,
I have given out thousands of the little poem cards.
Some times I offer the cards to people as we’re
talking. Other times, someone will read another
person’s copy of “A Wish For Life” and ask me
for their own copy, plus a few for friends and
loved ones.
People read “A Wish For Life” silently and aloud.
They ask my permission to read it at all kinds of
family and social gatherings. It has been read at
graduations, community events, memorials,
business meetings, parties, and concerts across
the country.
A sweet friend recently told me that he treasures
the poem and feels that it is meant to go out into
the world now, and find its own wider family
out there. After sharing thousands of little poem
cards one at a time, and hearing about all those
earnest readings, it is time to make “A Wish For
Life” available to the larger world, he says.
He likens its personal impact and intrinsic value
to the Desiderata, and pictures it in places of
honor, displayed for all to read on walls, mantels,
desktops, and articles of clothing.
He sees the poem in people’s homes and in their
hearts; on posters, cards, wall hangings, and
cups; in books and on warm jackets; bringing
smiles and encouragement to more people every
day. He sees meditation and discussion groups
focusing on the “Wish” and changing the world
with their positive intentions . . . .
That is my friend’s happy vision, and I applaud it.
The poem and those who embrace it will show me
what place it will actually have in people’s lives.
"A Wish For Life" and you
What does “A Wish For Life” mean to you?
Are you content to have a friendly “Wish”
e-mail to forward, or do you want a deeper and
more visible experience of it?
Is it “complete” as an e-mail message, or would
you like it to grow and evolve into a larger
and more widely-shared social experience?
Please let us know how you’d like to see this
little “Wish” blossom!
I hope that “A Wish For Life” is welcomed and
embraced by caring people everywhere.
If it speaks to you, if it gives you comfort and
hope, you may want to remember it, to meditate
or pray as you think of others and wish them well.
Wish everyone true happiness!
As we consciously decide to wish others
everywhere happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives, we
naturally change our whole world for the better.
There is profound and unlimited good in
realizing that
“What I wish for me, for this precious life of mine,
Is what I wish for you, what I hope you find”
is a Universal and lasting truth.
Some people enjoy reading and re-reading
“A Wish For Life.” They read it to friends and
loved ones, to babies and strangers, to crowds and
family gatherings. People read it at graduations,
birthday celebrations, and public meetings.
Where will you read it, and what will it mean
to you?
It is intended to nurture, embrace, and encourage
all of us; to reflect the unlimited beauty and
possibility present everywhere; to celebrate and
enhance the glory of everyday life; and to inspire,
nourish, and comfort each of us daily.
My wish for this gentle little poem is that it find
its own audience, its larger family, naturally and
gracefully, as you share it with others through
e-mail or oral readings.
And, I trust that you will respect my copyright
as you share it privately in these ways.
I do plan to read “A Wish For Life” aloud, and to
record that for you to listen to at your leisure.
I feel an “A Wish” book somewhere in the near
future, and our website will give you news of the
poem’s life and travels in the days to come.
Thank you for being a part of the “Wish” family!
Best wishes to all,
Linda
“Linda E. Merrill” < awishforlife22@yahoo.com >
~ Linda E. Merrill, MBA, CPA, Writer, Editor,
Artist, Jeweler, Mortgage Broker, Real Estate Agt
Prepaid Legal Services Sales Assoc, Notary, . . .
Copyright 2006, All rights reserved
Berkeley, California