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We should all be nice, you never know when it may be goodbye

We should all be nice, you never know when it may be goodbye
Posted By: Joseph Ricks on September 01, 2006

- Overheard in a conversation

"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 for 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 just 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 enough"Hellos" to get you through the final "Goodbye."
He then began to sob and walked away.

*************

I wish you all enough
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This was posted six days before I lost my Dad.
Tuesday, January 6th 2009 at 1:18AM
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