[Mb-hair] Wishing you enough

[Sherwin Ross]

Dear Tribe,

 

This story was in my mail this morning. Like the friends who send it to me

I'm not a big card sender but the spirit of the story is so right, I liked

it enough to send out to you. I wish you a life filled with just enough good

things to sustain you.

 

 Love, Sherwin

 

Here the story

 

Wish you enough... 

Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together

at the airport as the daughter's departure had been announced. 

 

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 sat. 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, 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, And 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 my friends and loved ones, 

 

I WISH YOU ENOUGH! 

 

 

 

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