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Pray You ENOUGH:
Recently, I overheard
a mother and daughter in their last moments together
at the airport. They had announced the departure.
Standing near the
security
gate, they hugged, and the mother said, 'I love you, and I pray you
enough.'
The
daughter replied, 'Mom, our life together has been more than enough.
Your love is all I ever needed. I pray 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 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?'
'Well...I'm not as young as I once was, she lives so far away & has her
own
busy life. I have some challenges ahead, and the reality is - her next trip
back will be for my funeral,' she said.
'When
you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I pray you enough.' May I
ask what that means?'
She began to smile.
'That's a prayer 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 pray you
enough,' we wanted 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 pray you enough sun to keep your
attitude bright no matter how gray the
day may appear.
I pray you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I
pray you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I pray you enough pain so that even the smallest
of joys in life may appear
bigger.
I pray you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I pray you enough loss
to appreciate all that you possess.
I pray you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
Then, she
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 an entire life to forget them.
* Only if you pray, send this to the people you will never forget,
and
remember to send it back to the person who sent it to you.
TAKE TIME TO LIVE.....
To all my friends
and loved ones,
I PRAY YOU ENOUGH.......
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