Hugs

A hug is a great gift.....

one size fits all.

It can be given for any occasion

and it's easy to exchange

 

from a newsletter i get

Each moment is an open door you can walk through.  But at the same time, there is no need for regret, for the next moment is an open door as well, and even though you will not have exactly the same opportunity, you will have another, one that is perfect in its own moment.

 

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I Wish You Enough

 

I wish you enough~

I never really thought that I'd spend as much time in airports as I do. I don't know why. I always wanted to be famous and that would mean lots of travel. But I'm not famous, yet I do see more than my share of airports.

  I love them and I hate them  I love them
because of the people I get to watch.  But
they are also the same reason I hate airports. 
It all comes down to "hello and goodbye."
  I must have mentioned this a few times while writing
my stories for you.  I have great difficulties with saying
goodbye.  Even as I write this I am experiencing that
pounding sensation in my heart.  If I am watching such
a scene in a movie I am affected so much that I need
to site up and take a few deep breaths.

  So when faced with a challenge in my life I have been
known to go to our local airport and watch people say
goodbye.  I fugue nothing that is happening to me at
that time could be as bad as having to say goodbye.
Watching people cling to each other, crying and holding
each other in that last embrace makes me appreciate
what I have even more.  Seeing them finally pull
apart, extending their arms until the tips of their
fingers are the last to let go, is an image
that stays forefront in my mind throughout the day.

     On one of my recent business trips, when I arrived at the counter to check in, the

woman said. "How are you today?"  I replied, "I am missing my wife already and I

haven't even said goodbye"  She then looked at my ticket and began to ask, "How long

will you... Oh, my God.  You will only be gone three days!"

  We all laughed
My problem was I still had to say goodbye.
But I learn from goodbye moments, too.

  Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together.  They had

announced her departure and standing hear the security gate, they hugged and he said. 

"I love you.  I wish you enough."  She in turn said, "Daddy, our life together has been

more then enough.  Your love is more then I ever needed.  I wish you enough, too,

Daddy."

   They kissed and she left,  He walked over toward the window where I was seated. 

Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry.  I tried not to intrude on his need for privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking "Did you ever say goodbye to someone knowing it would be forever?"   "Yes, I have." I replied.  Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my

love and appreciation for all my Dad had done for me.  Recognizing that his days were

limited, I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me.  So I knew

what this man was experiencing.   "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever goodbye?" 

I asked.
  "I am old and she lives much too far away.  I have challenges ahead and the reality is,

the next trip back would be for my funeral,"  he said.

  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 from memory.

  "I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude right.
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 posses,
I wish you enough "Hello's' to get you through
the final "Goodbye"
  He then began to sob and walked away.

  My friends, I wish you enough !

                           Bob Perks
          www.bobperks.com

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from an email don't know who wrote this

To realize
The value of a sister
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.
 
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.  

 

To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
 
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.


To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby.

 

To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.



To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

 

To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.



To realize
The value of a child
Ask a Person
Who has buried one.

Time waits for no one.


Treasure every moment you have.  

 

You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.

 

To realize the value of a friend or family member:

 

LOSE ONE.

 

  Do not keep this letter.
 

Send it to friends & family to whom you wish good luck 
Peace, love and prosperity to all!
 

Remember...

 
Hold on tight to the ones you Love

Silly Quiz

Go Take The Silly Quiz!  Now

Bet you can't answer all the questions correctly!!! Bet ya can't!!!!

quotes -- don't know who said it

Anger is a condition in

which the tongue works

faster than the mind.

 

You can't change the past

but you can ruin the

present by worrying over

the future.