November 19, 2008 12:56 pm
A message too good
not to share:
I Wish You Enough
Recently I
overheard a mother &
daughter in their
last moments
together at the
airport. They had
announced the
departure.
Standing near the
security gate, they
hugged & the mother
said, 'I love you, &
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 & the
daughter left. The
mother walked over
to the window where
I was seated.
Standing there I
could see she wanted
& 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, & she
lives so far away. I
have challenges
ahead & 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, & 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 appear.
I wish you enough
rain to appreciate
the sun even more.
I wish you enough
happiness to keep
your spirit alive &
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 & 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 &
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 &
loved ones, I WISH
YOU ENOUGH.