But the young British Libya has done just that, go to bed every night praying in recent months that overthrew the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi would be killed.
On Thursday, Selsabeel wishes came true.
The deposed tyrant was the reason Selsabeel never knew his grandfather, Amer Deghayes union Libya. The family says he was killed by the Gaddafi regime when his mother was a child, which led them to flee to Britain.
Just hours after news of the death of Qaddafi, and the most Selsabeel Bilquees sister, eight years, and his parents were among a jubilant crowd of former Libyan dissidents noisily celebrating in front of the Libyan embassy in central London.
"My father was murdered by Gaddafi in 1980 when he was five years," said the mother of girls, Amani Deghayes, CNN and her daughters carried flags nearby Libya.
"They never got to meet him, so I'm very happy that my children have been able to see a happy ending to this story.
"I never thought would happen, really. Now I just hope that everything goes well, and that Libya can become a stable, free and democratic."
That's a wish echoed by many of those who gathered at the embassy, amid horn beeping and waving flags, chanting, singing and wish each other "Mabrouk" - congratulations - more than the final fall of Gaddafi.
Mahmoud Al Nacu, Libya's ambassador to the United Kingdom, told the gathering: "Freedom Libyan fighters have finally succeeded in throwing back the curtain on the crimes of Gaddafi.
"His brave actions have spared Libya and the world of the greater suffering of its ills. Today the future of Libya starts. Qadhafi, one was black, has come to an end for ever."
Consulate workers Zbida Abdusalam told CNN hopes to return to his homeland to visit his family for the first time in five years after the death of Qaddafi.
"It's a great day for the history of Libya," said Zbida. "It will definitely help restore peace and security in Libya. I hope it's a new beginning."
Others who have not been to London, and always hoping to return to their friends and loved ones soon.
"It's been a tough couple of months, but things are improving," said Elgardi Amira, whose husband and parents are still in Libya.
"We have a child of three and a half, and decided that with all the shots and all that would be safer here, but hopefully we can come back soon - Inshallah [God willing]."
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They and many others spoke of their relief that the long reign of terror of Gaddafi in Libya has ended.
"I'm so excited - look, I'm shaking," said Sana Maziq, who moved to London from Tripoli with her three children for seven months to escape the problems there.
"We knew that Gaddafi was completed in the background, but it's so good to know that there will be no more bloodshed."
"I can not believe," added her friend Aida Shebani. "The regime is gone, but Gaddafi still made us afraid, so we're very happy. The Libyan people actually experienced it, so you deserve this happiness."
