 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 for you to appreciate the sun even more. 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. Please share this. Author unknown. I copied this from a post my friend Debi posted on Facebook. I wish you all enough!
By ~ Elizabeth Yalian 2013 ©http://hiseyeisonthissparrow.com. |
October 4, 2013 · 9:48 pm
I Wish You Enough
Filed under Hope, Life Lessons, Seeds of Inspirations
Tagged as Encouragement, Family, Father/daughter goodbye, Friends, Good wishes, Inspirational, Kindness, Love, Loving others, Saying goodbye, Self-Reflection
Beautiful… Powerful words. I wish you enough…
They are indeed powerful! 🙂
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Wow! Very touching! Blessings! 😀
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You are blessed in abundance with so much love and grace. I am in awe of your writings!
Oh, you are such a sweetie! I hope you have a lighthearted day!
Elizabeth, you are blessed with more than enough love, mercy, and grace!
Your words are very sweet and uplifting, thank you, but it really all comes from Him!! 🙂
There is an abundance of mercy, and grace for everyone and everything under the sun, we celebrate Harvest Festival to tomorrow another opportunity to wish the whorl world enough! Many blessings!