Fwd: I Wish You Enough!

This came in too late for the Dec. 2 "Holiday Greetings from PeacePolitical News," but I think it is beautiful and want to share it with you.  Thanks to Dominick and Bert for sending it to us.

 

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dominick <dominick@sonic.net> wrote:

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:37:16 -0800

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. 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 our friends and loved ones, WE WISH YOU ENOUGH!!

 

Dominick & Bert

 

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