ElCool43 DNO's blog: "Special Human Relationships"

I had just sat down to write you a little note:
When my Barbie needed me.  Because I've almost forgotten what I wanted to say on Friendship, this may start and stop most irritatingly.However, I am a rather patient fellow, and know that no one, including me, can be about every time the other is free to think about someone.Time winds past me, like "an ever spinning wheel" and steals every moment from somewhere itself, so I am quite tolerant of others' needs to be elsewhere at any given moment....That is probably what all my "time" on this earth has taught me best.  I don't stop loving someone because they are short on time for me...I do have a handful of friends whom I cherish, and there is rarely enough time to keep up to a pile of rating when the 11s become an all-day affair or I need to stop and think through some healing words for a delightful friend who has lost a mother, sibling, or worst of all, a son or daughter.  Then there are the times when my long-suffering love needs to be paid proper attention for an extended period, as she did earlier.

 
Now, I seem to be stumbling 'round, losing my train of thought here...but that is the way I often write...Sometimes my muse has chosen to be confused and I must follow where she leads, because her needs must also have attention paid.  If I did not pay that attention, I might lose her affection just when I need it most, so I must also humor her whims and fancies...for they also light the world in which I live.  When she brings me a poem and I must be the "court stenographer", I may have to type like a madman, ignoring corrections and every error, until she has dictated the whole of it...Only then, may I make those corrections that I am compelled to make to all compositions, like some demented English teacher. :-DThe joy of her visits does make up for the harsh way in which she may treat me from time to time...but then, each piper has the need for pay and succor.With that, I must continue on my merry way, into the night, seeking another place to rattle on...Most likely, I shall throw out a couple of "Likes", rate a couple of profiles and return to bed, hopefully, to sleep---"...perchance to dream..."! {some part of the quote is from good ole "Shakey"! (Y) }  **Laughter in the first degree**.

Good night, till I return once more,

perhaps with muse in tow or,

to have been caught by you as musea

nd once more, fluttering so loose

senslessly through a darkened house.

Joyously!

anthony

 I Wish You Enough 
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 goodbye?" "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 goodbye, 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. 

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 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!!!