if wishes were horses, beggars would ride - so it used to be said.
I think pinktwink speaks a lot of sense. Make your hopes and wishes achievable goals that you can do something about rather than them being something over which you have no control - then they are just pipe dreams in the gift of the gods.
I wish that I would win the lottery, George Clooney would return my calls, George's lawyer would lift the restraining order on me............
However, I hope that tomorrow my day goes as I have planned and that I get everything done that I need to.