actually written and submitted for class by collegestudent pat stella...

(convertedfrom courrier new to times new roman for ease of reading)

If Ihad one wish, what would it be? This isa very difficult question, but one I think about often. Disallowing the obvious wish of more wishes,leaves me with the ultimate question, what to wish for.

Many things come to mindwhen I think about this question. Thereare the universal ones like; world peace, no more hungry or homeless people,and that illegal drugs never existed.These are all noble wishes each with their own equal justification. I, just like I imagine many others would,find myself leaning towards a more selfish wish. Something like wealth, power, ability, wisdom, or something elsethat benefits me greatly. This is notsomething I feel guilty about, after all it is my wish. After years and years of thought, becauseeveryone has wishes, I have only recently come up with my ultimate wish. I do not wish for wealth, power, or there ofthe like, but I wish for motivation, inspiration. The will to achieve these other goals on my own. I know what I want to do, I just cant bringmyself to do it. Canico luxury hotelsI wish for the powerof self-motivation, and maybe I can, on my own, accomplish world peace, endhomelessness or something else remarkable.I feel, with inspiration, I can gain wealth, power, ability, wisdom andanything else I wish to achieve. I knowthis is a rather trivial thing to wish for.Many people all ready have this and complain that they need somethingelse to get ahead in life. This is allI need, I feel I poses everything else, this is my one thing lacking. Obviously Im not perfect and this is notwhat Im saying, I just simply feel that with a boost of motivation I canaccomplish anything I set my mind to.With a gain of self-motivation I can do anything, I can become theperson I inspire to be. Thisinspiration will stick with me and guide me through all the tough times in mylife, ultimately helping me to reach my goals.So, by wishing for this I, in a sense, am getting more than onewish. I am getting almost everything Iwish for, wealth from being motivated enough to do good in school and get agreat job. Power, by having theself-motivation required to excel in my field and become a leader. Ability, from being inspired to reach myfull potential in everything. Wisdom,from getting the most out of and living the best life I can. This is the vision I have for myself, and itcould all come true with the help of this one wish being granted. Thats why the best part about this wish isthat it is something that I can achieve on my own, without having it given tome by arbitrary forces. I can startmotivating myself and looking for things to help me. Through hard work and perseverance I will force myself to becomea better student, athlete, friend, and person.Studying and working out are two of the tools that will inspire me tobecome my best. My wish is on the vergeof coming true.

Having to choose onewish out of all the wishes bouncing around in my head was fairly difficult, butone did and still does stand out. Allthough it is something I can and will achieve on my own, it is not realityyet. So when it does, where am Ithen? What would be my one ultimatewish at that point. Hopefully those arequestions I will need to address.