I Wish You Enough...
This came across on my email and I loved the sentiment..hope you enjoy the insights as much as I have..
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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 o ther
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 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.
...not to mention very apt living far from 'home'!
I'm going to send that to my lad, might even make him keep in touch a bit more!
Thanks for posting that Scarlett.
Torque
oh gosh, this is touching! Thanks Scarlett.
"Jordan's gonna have a case of "assus beatus redus". That's Latin for I'm gonna beat his a55 til it glows."
RIP Bernie Mac
Say no more........
What a great mail.
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Life is nothing without friends.... :)
QL.... just a (very nice) way of live..... :)
Scarlett, thats an interesting email.. thanks for sharing with us :). Hope u r doing allrite, didnt get a chance to catch up with u the other day.. :(
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a coisa mais importante em vida é SHEESHA- "Sheesha man"
This just gave me the shivers! My mum and dad have to drop me off at the airport next week:( I was thinking that last time I moved abroad (10 years ago) I had written them a letter to read after I had gone. I wonder what I can write to them this time which can put into words everything they have given me..
Since then they have supported me as a single mother, helped me in my career choices and been my best friends. They have been so unselfish in their support of this decision but I know how much they'll miss the children especially as they've been like the second parent (if that makes sense).
Getting gooey now and that'll never do so I'm off for a blubb..or to read Gypsy's thread again which made me chuckle lots:)
This is very touching...This is how i feel everytime i say goodbye to my parents...
Scarlett your lovely boys are a reflection of you, your a great person and ofcourse your kids have turned out great with a mother like you who has a great big heart and great personality..xxxxx
I hate good byes PERIOD
This post made me reminisce ahhhhhhh!! The sadness of having to say good bye to someone you really love and yet you don't know when you'll see them again. :(
Woooooooosaaaaaaa, okay I'm stopping.
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Thanks Scarlet. That was nice.
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
scarlett... wowwwww. i m sure whoes mother is so nice they have to be....
they are both absolutely lovely young men, both in heart and manner. Not to mention extremely handsome as well...ask alexa, gypsy and corne...they've all seen them! I had to laugh the last time they were both over here because the girls, covered or not, were doing double takes at my guys!!! :P
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
i have no kids . but i feel the same for my parents, they have no one to take care for them and they are old now.... when i leave them i can't say how i feel and you... you are doing even the toughest thing...Hats of to you... good luck to you and belive me God is there to see every moment you will get back each and every sacrifice of urs in form of nice and successful kids...
leaving my sons and mom behind each time I come back from Texas to Doha is really difficult, even though I love it over here...this just hit my heart dead center...
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
scarlett.... i know mothers (actually parents) are the one who can wish the best for the kids.... no matter that happiness can cause even the end of their life....but thats very TRUE.....
yes scarlett i received it too and it was very touching indeed......
i wish you enough of everything to make it a wonderful and meaningful life.......
Life is what you make of it.......so quit B******G about it.