* 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 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.
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.
* *TAKE TIME TO LIVE…..* *
*To all my friends and loved ones, *
*I WISH YOU ENOUGH *