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[henry chang]

I WISH YOU ENOUGH…CHÚC NHAU ĐỦ NGỌN NẮNG HỒNG
AZ
April 6, 2013


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 wish you enough”.

The daughter replied, “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 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?”.

“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,” 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 a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and 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”. 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 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.


She then 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 then an entire life to forget them.

To all my friends and loved ones,
I WISH YOU ENOUGH…


CHÚC NHAU ĐỦ NGỌN NẮNG HỒNG


chúc nhau đủ ngọn nắng hồng
cho lòng ấm lại dù tâm còn sầu
chúc nhau đủ giọt mưa lâu
cho mây quấn quýt ánh âu dương tà

chúc nhau đủ hạnh phúc ta
cho nhung nhớ mãi dù xa mắt chiều
chúc nhau đủ bóng quạnh hiu
cho niềm vui nhỏ bỗng siêu thoát hồn

chúc nhau đủ lợi tức mong
cho nguồn khát vọng nối sông an toàn
chúc nhau đủ thất bại hoàn
cho đời thấm thía khi an phận mình

chúc nhau gặp đủ linh đình
cho khi từ giã thân tình còn nguyên
chúc nhau đủ ngả văn duyên
cho dù chữ lạ vẫn tuyền nghĩa sâu

TS.LS. Lưu Nguyễn Đạt
www.vietthuc.org

Virginia, April 4, 2013
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