Guest guest Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 A beautiful prayer. > Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last momentstogether at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing nearthe security gate, they hugged, and the mother said, 'I love you, and Ipray you enough.' > > The daughter replied, 'Mom, our life together has been more thanenough. Your love is all I ever needed. I pray you enough, too, Mom.' > > They kissed, and the daughter left. The mother walked over to thewindow where I was seated. Standing there, I could see she wanted andneeded to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed mein by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would beforever?' > > Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this aforever good-bye?' > > 'Well...I'm not as young as I once was, she lives so far away & has herown busy life. I have some challenges ahead, and the reality is - hernext 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 fromother generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' She paused amoment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and shesmiled even more. 'When we said, 'I pray you enough,' we wanted the otherperson to have a life filled with just enough good things to=2> 0sustain them.' > > Then, turning toward me, she shared the following as if she werereciting it from memory. > > I pray you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how graythe 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 mayappear 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 toappreciate 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, andremember to send it back to the person who sent it to you. If you don'tsend it to anyone, it may mean that you are in such a hurry that you haveforgotten your friends. > > TAKE TIME TO LIVE..... > > To all my friends and loved ones, > I PRAY YOU ENOUGH...... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .> > > > > > > > > > > > Insert movie times and more without leaving HotmailĀ®. See how.> > ____________________________________________________________Compete with the big boys. Click here to find products to benefit your business.http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTI97wdu1wa0AqKktdiONHqmHlGSpG4h8ptFqMWlv1SFiWAgKvdk4Y/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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