Five Wishes

We make wishes when blowing out birthday candles or when throwing a penny into a fountain, but often these rituals are followed by secrecy. We’ve all been told to keep our wishes to ourselves, or they won’t come true. After reading Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True (New World Library, 2007), you’ll think twice before keeping your wishes secret. In Gay Hendricks’s guide to personal growth, he reveals a metaphorical question that changed his life: When you are on your deathbed, can you say your life was a complete success? Wishing to share his newfound gift to living, Hendricks offers suggestions to turn your concealed values into present day goals. To do so, his book is equipped with an interactive worksheet where you answer this question by writing down what you want most, whether it’s lifelong happiness or your current desire to lose fifteen pounds. The process invites you to clear your mind, rid yourself of limiting beliefs (like I am too old), and make a written agreement that commits you to fulfilling your lifelong wishes. The valuable book will ultimately rid you of what if statements that hold you back, enabling you to keep moving forward.