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Be Careful What You Wish For

What you want ain't always good At one time or another, I have wanted things so bad that I would have given anything to have it. I was convinced if I prayed to God every night, it would come true. I even had a system of of wishing techniques that would make my longings come true.

 For instance, If I made a wish when three numbers were the same on the clock such as 5:55 or 1:11, then my wish would happen. I got this technique from a book I read named, Romiet and Julio. And you know what, some of my wishes actually came true sometimes,but I knew they only did because they were going to happen anyway.

 Like once, there was this girl I admired so much. I wanted to be her so bad. She was beautiful, popular, and could have any boy she wanted to. I used to ask God every night to let us become close and be each others best friend. Well, eventually we got really close and became really good friends. She started telling everyone we were best friends. I was so happy. But , the longer we hung out together and the more we were around each other, I found out things about her that bothered and annoyed me.

 She would get jealous when I was with other friends or when I did not call her. I felt smothered.

 This began to kind of scare me and freak me out. I began to ask myself questions;Why was I so impressed with her? Why did I want us to be best friends so much? I could not answer myself. I began to feel annoyed everytime she was around and when she talked. I don't know what happened.

 Finally one night she called and asked why I was not speaking to her any more. I could not explain what happened. We are not friends anymore and I have never felt more carefree and relieved in my life.

That experience helped me to be more comfortable with who I am and sure of myself. I guess sometimes our wishes come true for a reason. If this part of my life had not happened, I would have been a bummed out tenager feeling down on myself and wishing to be other peop[le I was not for the rest of my life. Now I am kind of popular myself and have many great friends who accept me for who I am. And now, I think long and hard about what I want and why I want it before making a wish.

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