在機場，我無意中聽到一對父女離別前最后的對話。他們就站在飛機門附近，女兒正準備登機，她說：“爸爸，我們一起生活了這么久，我感到滿足。您給我的愛，我知足了。爸爸，希望您也知足常樂。”
吻別后，女兒上了飛機。父親朝窗子走來，我就坐在附近，可以看出他想哭的表情。
我盡力不觸及他的隱私，但他卻主動問道：“明知道是永別，卻還要說再見，你曾經有過這樣的經歷嗎？”
“是的，有過。”我不禁回憶起從前，對于父親為我所做的一切，我曾經向他表達過我對他的愛和感激。我知道父親時日不多，所以特意當面告訴他，他對我是多么重要?，F(xiàn)在，我也完全理解這個男人的感受。
“冒昧問一句，為什么這是永別呢？”我問。
“我老了，她住得太遠。我以后的日子充滿挑戰(zhàn)，事實上，她瑕疵回來就是參加我的葬禮了。”他說。
“我聽你們說‘希望你知足常樂’，能問一下那是什么意思呢？“
他開始笑起來，“那是我們家族代代相傳的愿望。我父母過去常對每個人這樣說。”
那個人頓了頓，抬起頭來，像是沉浸在過去瑣碎的回憶里。
“后來，我們都說要知足常樂，希望其他人的生活里充滿更多的美好，支撐更多的美好，支撐鼓勵他們好好生活。”
然后，他轉向我，說了下面的話，好像是把它從記憶深處背誦出來的。
愿你擁有足夠的陽光，讓你樂觀向上。
愿你擁有足夠的雨水，讓你更加感激陽光。
愿你擁有足夠的幸福，使你精神高昂。
愿你擁有足夠的痛苦，這樣，生命中再微小的歡樂都會顯得巨大。
愿你收獲更多，滿足你的需求。
愿你失去更多，讓你知道珍惜一切。
愿你在永別后，能交更多的朋友。
說完他開始嗚咽起來，走開了。
I Wish You Enough
At an airport I overheard a father and daughter during their last moments together. Her flight was ready for boarding and they were st－anding near the departure gate. She said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever need. I wish you enough, too, Daddy.”
They kissed goodbye and she left. The man walked over towards the window near where I was seated. I could see that he wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude upon his privacy, but he welcomed me by asking, “Have you ever said goodbye to someone knowing that it would be forever?”
“Yes, I have.” Saying that brought back memories I had of expre－ssing my love and appreciation for all that my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were numbered, I took the time to tell him, face-to-face, how much he meant to me. So I knew what this man was going through..
“Forgive me for asking, but why is this goodbye forever?” I asked.
“I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challengers ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral.” He said.
“I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough’. May I ask what that means?”
He began to smile, “That is a wish that has been handed down through the generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.”
The man paused a moment, then looked up, as if trying to remember the details.
“Then we say I wish you enough. We want the other persons to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them.”
He then turned me and shared the following, as if he 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 spirits up.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain so to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough hellos to get you through the final Goodbye.
The man then began to sob and walked away.