The birthday wish

People say that you can not tell your 3rd wish, or it won't come true. In my experience, I seldom make the "happily ever after" wish. However, once I do so, I only got a result which is out of control. So, I don't think we need to wish. We can pray, we can simply hope, we can fight against the reality. But, never, never, never wish, like wonderful things will happen without any effort.