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and suggestions to live by.....
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
>cr y. 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
>
>I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
>I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
>I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much
>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.
>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
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
>cr y. 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
>
>I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
>I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
>I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much
>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.
>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
