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 was seated. 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 goodbye to someone knowing it would be forever?"
"Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever goodbye?" "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 goodbye, 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 as if she 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 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, but then an entire life to forget them.
什麽是足夠的
最近，我無意中聽到壹個母親和女兒在飛機場臨別前的對話，登機的時間到了，他們站在安檢門附近，擁抱在壹起。母親說：“我愛妳並且給妳足夠的祝福。”女兒回答道：“媽媽，我們生活在壹起已經足夠長，妳的愛是我曾經所有的需要。我也送給妳足夠的祝福，媽媽。”他們相互親吻，然後女兒走了。母親走過我坐在的窗戶，站在那裏，我可以看到她想並且需要哭泣，我嘗試著不去打擾她，但是她卻用熱情歡迎我並對我說：“妳是否曾經對壹個妳明知道將永遠不會再看到的人說再見”
“是的，“我回答道。請原諒我問為什麽是壹個永遠的再見？”我很老了，而她住得很遠很遠。我已經面對著未來和事實的挑戰，那就是，當她下次回來時將會是參加我的葬禮。”她說到。
“當妳說再見時，我聽到妳說 ‘ 我給妳足夠的祝福’我可以問這是什麽意思嗎？”她開始微笑，“那是上輩傳下來的祝福。我的父母過去說這句話給每個人。她停頓了壹下，看起來像是在試圖去回憶起什麽細節，她的笑意更濃了。“當我們說‘我給妳足夠的祝福’時，我們是希望其他的人擁有壹個充滿了美好事情的生活，以此支撐他們。
然後她轉向我開始朗誦，讓我和她壹起分享來自她記憶中的祝福
我祝福妳擁有足夠的陽光，保持妳愉快的心態。我祝福妳擁有足夠的雨露去感謝充足的陽光。我祝福妳擁有足夠的幸福，保持妳的靈魂不死。我祝福妳擁有足夠的痛苦，如此可以使得生活中的很小的快樂成為巨大的歡樂。我祝福妳有足夠的收獲以滿足妳的渴望。我祝福妳失去的足夠多以感謝妳所有的擁有。我祝福妳說足夠多的妳好以得到妳最後的再見。
她開始哭泣並且走遠了，他們花壹分鐘去找到壹個特殊的人去說這些，妳用壹個小時去感謝他們，妳用壹天去愛他們，但是妳卻要用壹生去忘記他們。