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I Wish You Enough....

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From: Woody Duncan (wduncan_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Fri Jan 23 2004 - 14:04:41 PST

The following was forwarded to me from a dear friend in
Colorado. It had been forwarded several times so I had to
clean in up a bit (delete all those >>>>>>>>>> marks that were
attached to every line). If you send it to someone else just
copy and paste it so those >>>>>>> marks won't come back.
                                        Woody in KC

I Wish You Enough....

At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in
their last moments together. They had announced her
plane's departure and standing near the door she 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 goodbye 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 goodbye to
someone knowing it would be forever?"

"Yes, I have," I replied. Saying that brought back
memories I had of expressing my love and appreciation
for all my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his
days were limited, I took the time to tell him face to
face how much he meant to me. So I knew what this man
was experiencing.

"Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever
goodbye?" I asked.

I am ill and she lives much too far away. I have
challenges ahead and the reality is, her next trip
back will be for my funeral, he said.

"When you were saying goodbye 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 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 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 you enough "Hellos" to get you through the
final "Goodbye"

He then began to sob and walked away.

My friends and loved ones, I wish you ENOUGH!!
They say it takes a minute to find a special person,
an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but
an entire lifetime to forget them.

Send this phrase to the people you'll never forget and
also remember to send it to the person who sent it to
you. If you don't send it to anyone, it means you're
in a hurry and you need to slow down to enjoy what is
around you, the people around you.

I WISH YOU ENOUGH 

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