
“I wish you enough”
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.
Written by Bob Perks
simply beautiful!<3
Thank you! This message needed to be read by me and others I’m sure!!!!
so sweet yet so sad 🙁
That is one of the best sayings i’ve heard in moons my mom used to say never say goodbye always say see u later,see u when u get back because goodbye ment forever i hav lived it all my life never to say goodbye thanks for a reminder
Tears coming down my cheeks reading it…my mother is turning 75 next month and I wish for more years so I can spend it with her. So beautifully written…thank you.
those who do not have ears they could not hear but those who have eyes they can see
How wonderful is that situation. It made me gulp – I wish you enough……..
Thats just lovely!