The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

While praying, be careful of what you pray for because what
you ask for just might be that very thing that you do not need.
For not everything we want may be what we need.

Submitter comment: My mother always told me that before I asked God for a
blessing: think about it very carefully because those things that
we want are not always good for us to have.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1980