I wish you all enough
Fellas,
Well I've decided I won't be coming here anymore. Oh, I might pop in to chat every now and then but I'm moving to college very soon and just don't feel the need to keep reading posts here. I think I understand what happened very well now and can move on from it. It is not something worth holding onto when I can do so much with myself.
So I just thought I'd post this to thank you all for helping me take on different views to some things I have been thinking and feeling. Everything is started to come into line which is what I have been hoping for for ages, and a lot of thanks really does go to y'all for the advice you've given me in the past.
I should add how inspired I was by your stories. You are seriously courageous men and I think some of you really do sell yourselves WAY short. I mean, the stuff you have been through is horrying and can completely destroy you but you've all bounced back, even if you don't feel that way right now. You are all a bunch of awesome guys, very unique and very understanding. It's great that you've found this place to all work together to rope up and work together in moving forward. Your determination reminds me that courage is not gauged by what brave acts people do, but by how they live day to day and the type of people they are. I really do wish each and every one of you the best. You really deserve every good thing heading your way and if you just be the good people you are you really can seize everything that should have been yours. Don't forget what happened to you, but realise the time when it is necessary to let it go and venture forth into the big, BIG world. Yes, it is very daunting, I am scared shitless about heading to college on my lonesome but if we all remained in our comfort zones then we aren't really living, just existing.
Now, I'll put down my all time favourite story. You might have heard it already because it is a chain mail that's been sent everywhere. Anyway here it is...
"Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at a regional airport. They had announced her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love you. I wish you enough."
The daughter in turn said, "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 she left.
The mother walked over toward 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?" I asked. "I am old and she lives much too 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 good-bye 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 for a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, 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," she continued.
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 sob and walked away.
My friends and loved ones, I wish you ENOUGH!!! 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"
...Men, I wish you all enough in everything you do in life. It's all that you should ever ask God for. Take real good care of yourselves.
Cheers,
Peter
Well I've decided I won't be coming here anymore. Oh, I might pop in to chat every now and then but I'm moving to college very soon and just don't feel the need to keep reading posts here. I think I understand what happened very well now and can move on from it. It is not something worth holding onto when I can do so much with myself.
So I just thought I'd post this to thank you all for helping me take on different views to some things I have been thinking and feeling. Everything is started to come into line which is what I have been hoping for for ages, and a lot of thanks really does go to y'all for the advice you've given me in the past.
I should add how inspired I was by your stories. You are seriously courageous men and I think some of you really do sell yourselves WAY short. I mean, the stuff you have been through is horrying and can completely destroy you but you've all bounced back, even if you don't feel that way right now. You are all a bunch of awesome guys, very unique and very understanding. It's great that you've found this place to all work together to rope up and work together in moving forward. Your determination reminds me that courage is not gauged by what brave acts people do, but by how they live day to day and the type of people they are. I really do wish each and every one of you the best. You really deserve every good thing heading your way and if you just be the good people you are you really can seize everything that should have been yours. Don't forget what happened to you, but realise the time when it is necessary to let it go and venture forth into the big, BIG world. Yes, it is very daunting, I am scared shitless about heading to college on my lonesome but if we all remained in our comfort zones then we aren't really living, just existing.
Now, I'll put down my all time favourite story. You might have heard it already because it is a chain mail that's been sent everywhere. Anyway here it is...
"Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at a regional airport. They had announced her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love you. I wish you enough."
The daughter in turn said, "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 she left.
The mother walked over toward 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?" I asked. "I am old and she lives much too 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 good-bye 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 for a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, 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," she continued.
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 sob and walked away.
My friends and loved ones, I wish you ENOUGH!!! 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"
...Men, I wish you all enough in everything you do in life. It's all that you should ever ask God for. Take real good care of yourselves.
Cheers,
Peter
