“Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ~Andy Dufresne: [in letter to Red] “The Shawshank Redemption” (based on Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a novella by Stephen King, from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, subtitled...
Imagine you’re in a small African village ravaged by a deadly strain of malaria. What if you could find a treatment that could prevent infection and positively impact their lives and their community. How would that make you feel? Replace that story with any problem plaguing...
With so much going on in the world, I want everyone to know we are loved. Yes, we may have our differences but our desires are all the same. We all want love, power, respect, health, happiness, and to be valued. Let's all make a commitment...
You may have already noticed that we live in a “fallen” world. Every where we turn, there are physical and emotional sicknesses, evil behaviors, sufferings, terrorism, corruption and the list goes on. We hear negative news all around us and we feel bad and saddened when...
Thank you for reading my wish. I am Marco Antonio Berrios, a near death experience survivor, author, protector of people,animals and a soulful musician. After 21 years as a bass player for other people, I finally released my own music. https://www.etsy.com/shop/SugarQuartz?section_id=21522935 Making this album has been a sacrifice...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gUlJ-lFYyU&t=41s Hi Simonetta, my name is Mirna and I have a wish or The Wishwall. I moved to the US three and a half years ago from my hometown of Aleppo, Syria due to the war. Makeup was always a hobby for me growing up, but...
I'm coming into a life of early recovery; approaching 6 years. I have faced struggles with both addiction, and mental health. I have been a life-long musician, and have found a way to renew my sense of self in sobriety through art. Specifically, through the...
The Wishwall in Marlton, NJ Update As I wrote previously, the event for the Wishwall in Marlton NJ on December 10th was a huge success. We had over 200 people in attendance posting their wishes and reading other wishes of those in the community. It was...
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS DO NOT WORK The New Year approaches and as usual there are great hopes, dreams and resolutions to make for the coming year. What is a New Year's resolution? It is a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or...
Give your dreams a chance, I did. I clearly remember watching the news broadcast of Simonetta Lein, the Wishmaker being interviewed with the Philadelphia Wishwall in the backdrop and its purpose was being explained. As I stood in front of the TV, I listened attentively trying...
