Shortly after my daughter won her ipod she was telling Mum how I'd told her to wish, and then ask for the wish to be granted, if it was for the highest good. Mum enters the lottery every week, and asked why I hadn't wished for a lottery win.

Wishing for money, for its own sake, is not something I feel happy about, but Mum was quite excited about giving it a go. I made the same "wish" as before, referring to the fact that it should be for the greatest good. Before she left, Mum wrote down the numbers she uses every week, and I was quite relieved when she didn't win.

However, her friend who had driven her to our house, immediately after the "wishing," had gone out to buy some sweets and bought a lottery ticket while he was there, and won £250.

Ask and it is Given!