I Wish You Enough

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:

It's always worthwhile to love.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Goals, actions, success...are inseparable; they go together.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Be happy right now. Smile. Laugh. Enjoy. NOW is the time!

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A Positive Story
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I Wish You Enough
Recently at an airport I overheard a father and daughter
in their last moments together. They had announced
her departure and standing near the security gate,
they hugged and he said, "I love you, I wish you enough."

She in turn said, "Daddy, our life together has been
more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed,
I wish you enough, too, Daddy."

They kissed and she left. He walked over toward
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 asked.

"I am old and she lives much too far away. I have
challenges ahead and the reality is, the next trip
back would 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 for a moment
and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail,
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," he continued and 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. 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 enough "Hello's" to get you
through the final "Good-bye."

Tears filled his eyes and he walked away.