"I WISH YOU ENOUGH"





Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together

at the airport. They had announced the departure.



Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, 'I love

you, and I wish you enough.'



The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than enough.

Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.'



They kissed and the daughter left. The Father walked over to the window

where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to

cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he 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 for

ever 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,' he said.



'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May

I ask what that means?'



He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other

generations. My parents used to say it to everyone...' He paused a moment

and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he 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, he shared the following as if he 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.



He 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 each one of you, I WISH YOU ENOUGH

With Regards