Is wishing, hoping, and praying wrong?

As Summer eases into fall, and I mean that both metaphorically and literally, I am starting to wonder if been alone is something you can change with positive thought. Wasn't it Oprah who said you need to put out what you want into the universe and it'll come back to you? I mean she's worth over a billion dollars so I'd put some stock into what she says.

The thing I most want, no matter how I go back and forth on the merits of being single, is to get married and have a family. I know that it is trite and predictable for a woman in her mid-twenties to say that her biological clock is ticking but I do hear that faint tick (I believe this is partly the reason I cannot sleep at night). I don't want to be tied down in an unhappy relationship but I do crave, most of all, to be settled into a satisfying and happy relationship that will eventually lead to blue-eyed babies. As a modern woman, who pays her own bills and doesn't need a man to take care of her, I feel guilty knowing that what I truly want is a MAN!

So back to Oprah's theory...if I start wishing for Mr. Right to appear, is that wrong? Does putting that out into the universe mean that I am a weak, shell of a woman who doesn't deserve to drink cosmos and tout equality? I had a very lovely childhood and I have a strong maternal instinct (kids love me). I have always wanted to have a family though I knew in today's age and with my personality being a traditional stay-at-home mom, like my mother was, probably wasn't realistic. I'd like to think that I could have a successful career (if I ever find out exactly it is I want to do) AND a successful marriage (if I could ever find a man who could make me laugh and cook me dinner) in concert.

Well, that is it, I've decided it: I am going to hope and pray that I meet a man who can bring me the future family life that I feel destined for. I am going to put that out into the universe and wish that the universe will return to me a positive response; preferably before I turn 30. If that is wrong, then bring it up with Oprah!