“How many times in your life have you found yourself saying, ‘I wish,’ followed by numerous hopes, dreams, desires, even needs?
Some people spend their whole life wishing and never doing anything to fulfill the wish themselves, constantly depending upon someone or something to make the wish come true.
A wish in itself has no substance. A wish that has no foundation of activity, or possibility of activity, is a waste of time. It is like wishing on a star that is billions of miles away. To wish is not wrong, but it is wrong to just desire something, hope for it, and do nothing to accomplish it or attain it.
So many times people say, ‘I wish I could go to school.’ If they tried, they very probably could. Sometimes people say, ‘I wish I could change jobs.’ They probably could, but they are too lazy to make the effort, too afraid to take the chance. Some people wish they could become popular. They could; it takes effort and giving of one’s self, hopefully for the right purpose.
If at this moment you realized how important it would be to attain the Goal of Sainthood, would you just wish for it, or would you work for it?”
