I Wish You Enough

-Something worth sharing-

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.'

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.

'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.'

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.

He then began to cry and walked away.

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-I seriously hate Goodbyes-

If I were to die in 24 hours.

The thing that I would to is to annoy and irritate the

closest people in my life and make them hate me to the MAX!

So that when I leave, they can take it easy.