my one wish.

I bought a DARUMA doll (wishing doll) in Japan. The doll is said to bring you luck and prosperity, encouraging you to always persevere in making your wish come true.

When you buy the doll it still has no eyes, now when you make a wish you will draw one eye. That one eye you drew is said to be the one to keep an eye on your wish or goal. When your wish comes true, you fill in the other eye. I think the one eye being filled out will also remind you that your wish hasn't been fulfilled yet. It's a very popular tradition in Japan and every year during New Year's eve, everybody brings their dolls to the temple to burn and get new ones.

I only bought one because i didn't want to make too many wishes. One is enough. When you wish for so many things, you end up not valuing what you get if it does come true. And when you only have one, you will really think hard what your gonna use the doll for, you'll end up wishing for what you really want.

I haven't used my doll yet until now because I've been pondering what to wish for. (conyoproblem) LOL. I wanna try it out tonight though because i'm feeling japanese right now. Let's see how that goes.