There is a painful scene in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens when Oliver, in the orphanage, holds his empty soup bowl out and asks for a refill. Oliver asks for what he wants and gets snarled at by a toothless keeper. That is the problem. He asked for something from someone who was unlikely to deliver.
While I have had more than my share of moments of lack, I continue to be impressed by the fecundity of that which seems to arrive when I spend dedicated time pondering what I want and imagining how I'll feel when I have it in my life.
What have you wanted in your life that has been made manifest?
