I wish you enough..............
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| Mon, 02-23-2009 - 1:00pm |
Just wanted to share this...it is beautiful....
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 aw ay. I have challenges ahead, and
the reality is - her 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 wanted 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 and everlasting.
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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.
Then, she began to cry, and walked away.
They say, it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appr
eciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.

"Make Choices that bring you joy" cl-Patty
JIM MILLER
Miss P
Donna
Durn, Grace, every time I read this, I get all teary.
Be the change you want to see in the world ~ Mahatma Gandhi