I wish you Enough !
Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at
the airport.
Standing near the security
gate, they hugged and the Father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.'
The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than enough.
Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you
enough, too, Dad.'
They kissed and the daughter left. The Father walked over to the window where I
was seated.
Standing there I could see
he wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude on
his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking,
'Did you ever say good-bye
to someone knowing it would be forever?'
'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'.
'I am old, she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead
and the next trip back
will be for my funeral,' he said.
'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.
' May I ask what that
means?'
He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other
generations.
My parents used to say it
to everyone..'
He paused a moment and
looked up as if trying to remember it in detail,
and he smiled even more.
'When we said, 'I wish you enough,'
we were wanting the other person to have a
life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.'
Turning toward me, he
shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day
may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun
even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even
the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate
all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good- bye.
He then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate
them,
a day to love them; but
then an entire life to forget them.
Only if you wish send
this to the people you will never forget
and remember to send it back to the person who
sent it to you.
If you don't send it to anyone it may mean
that you are in such a hurry
that you have forgotten your friends.
Take Time To Live..
To all my friends and loved ones, I wish you Enough !