timism of the day: Wishing all of you ENOUGH!
Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged and 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 following as if he were reciting it from memory.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear 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.
He then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes eights seconds to make a first impression, 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.
TAKE TIME TO LIVE LIFE LARGE....
To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH.
Just sayin. Take it. Test it. Teach it. tim
I think Bob Perks might have something to say about this TIMISM. Seriously, dude, do you not know that anyone can google the title and first few lines of your plagiarized bullcrap and see who the REAL author is?? It's usually obvious the ones you DID write because they're full of misspelled words and grammatical errors (and you're writing papers and a dissertaion?????) You may have some people fooled on facebook but you're not fooling everyone, trust me. Okay, we get it. You were in a frikkin band. You can stop reposting the same songs every other week. WE GET IT! "It just got to be too much what with the tours and travel and managers and road crew and contracts"?? Guess that's what it's like when you're one of the top 50 bands in N America, right? and while i'm at it, congratulations you reached a gazillion friends before anyone else. how many of those are hookers, strippers, bikini models, college co-eds, high school girls and hot chicks from around the globe flashing their cleavage? Like Samantha Williams. . . .you know, your friend. . . .oh I mean one of the EIGHT Samantha Williams you know. Nice tactic. Find a hot name and friend all the hot chicks with that name. I guess that beats surfing through other people's friend list and attempting to friend the best looking chicks whether they're married or not. Oh, and thanks for the laughs for me and my girlfriends. We just read the About Me section of your website. Classic!!!! Gosh, there's so much more we've laughed at because you're SO full of yourself. I'm sure you're a nice guy but just a hint. . . .you really come off as as. . . .oh what's the word. . . . .an arrogant doosh bag. I'm surprised you're not the one in the Dos Equis commercials because according to you, YOU ARE the most INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD!!!! Oh, I could go on and on because your FB profile is full of SO MUCH material but I have a nail appointment. Take it. Test it. PLAGIARIZE IT. Just sayin.
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