A good head and a good heart are always a
formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela
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Update 01/07/14
It’s a new year and I intend to
provide more information like this which follows. I received this from my neighbor,
Ms. June Rodricks, and found it to be uplifting and share it here.
I 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
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.
Nurture Relationships.
As 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.
PEACE & BLESSINGS,
SAM