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  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,’ 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.

i-wish-you-enough

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