 I wish you enough
> Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments
> together at the airport. They had announced the departure.
>
> Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, 'I
> love you, and I wish you enough.'
>
> The daughter replied, 'Mom, our life together has been more than
> enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.'
>
> They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the
> window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and
> needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she 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, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the
> reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' she said.
>
> 'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.'
> May I ask what that means?'
>
> She began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from
> other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' She paused
> a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and she
> 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.' Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if
> she were reciting it from memory.
>
> I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray
> the day may ap pear.
>
> 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.
>
> She 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. |