Wishful thinking?

This expression has both a good and bad meaning. The bad one is an extremely ambitious statement declaring one’s thought and desire in place of hard evidence as assurance that some plan will definitely be realized. The good one is simply a humble desire and prayer that one’s plan or project would be realized.

In last week’s Shalom column I wrote a statement seemingly declaring ambitiously an unfounded claim that peace or shalom in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are related in their deeper meaning in the Hebrew and Arabic cultures. Therefore they could create a common transformation plan.

I felt it sounded like wishful thinking. I am very sorry if it did. Now here I wish to state that I was simply wishing and praying and hoping. The God of peace will hopefully respond in His own way and time… hopefully.