17th July 2025
Someone recently shared this wonderful story with me and it touched a chord, hence sharing.
“Recently I overheard a father & daughter in their last moments together at the airport before their departure.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged & 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.’
They kissed and the daughter left. 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. ‘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 looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he 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, he shared the poem by Bob Perks, as if he were reciting it from memory.
He then began to cry and walked away.”
We are rarely fully satisfied with what we have. Whether it is love, money, friends, or toys, we always seem to want more.
Take time to appreciate the good & the bad things in your life.
The poem is a reminder to be grateful for both the good days and the bad; that without the bad days we’d never know what a good day was; that without feeling sadness we’d never know joy; that without a moment of feeling weakness we’d never know the feeling of strength.
To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH.
Stay blessed forever.