Yet no matter what the result, the anticipation and preparation have their own effect. "Their expectations do indeed stimulate their courage and will to live and do reduce the pain of their treatment," says Swun Juo-mei, whose deceased daughter Pei-chen sang at the National Concert Hall in the first activity Make-A-Wish sponsored in Taiwan.
但不管結果如何，這些喜願兒在等待、籌備願望的過程中，「的確可以因為期盼，激發起生存的勇氣，減少治療的痛苦」，女兒已經過世的孫若梅說，她的女兒珮辰曾在國家音樂廳演唱，那也是喜願協會的第一次個案。