繪/修介

愿你盡享人生

繪/修介

At the airport， I overheard①overhear 英 ［??v?'h??］ 美 ［，ov?'h?r］ vt. 偶爾聽到；無意中聽到；偷聽a father and daughter in their last moments together. Her flight was ready for boarding. Standing near the departure gate. They hugged and he said， "I love you， I wish you enough." She in turn said， "Daddy， our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. 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 intrude②intrude 英 ［?n'tru?d］ 美 ［?n'tr?d］ vt. 把……強(qiáng)加；把……硬擠vi. 闖入；侵入；侵?jǐn)_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 expressing my love and appreciation③appreciation 英 ［?pri???'e??（?）n； -s?-］ 美 ［?，pri??'e??n］ n. 欣賞，鑒別；增值；感謝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 challenges 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."

"When we say I wish you enough， we want the other persons to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain④sustain 英 ［s?'ste?n］ 美 ［s?'sten］ vt. 維持；支撐，承擔(dān)；忍受；供養(yǎng)；證實(shí)them."

He then turned to me and shared the following， as if he were reciting⑤recite 英 ［r?'sa?t］ 美 ［r?'sa?t］ vt. 背誦；敘述；列舉vi. 背誦；敘述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 to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess⑥possess 英 ［p?'zes］ 美 ［p?'z?s］ vt. 控制；使掌握；持有；迷住；擁有，具備.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final Goodbye.

Then the man began to sob and walked away.

在機(jī)場(chǎng)我無意中聽到父女倆在最后分別時(shí)刻的談話。女兒正準(zhǔn)備上飛機(jī)，他們站在飛機(jī)門附近。他們擁抱著，父親說：“我愛你，我希望你能知足常樂，享盡人生?！迸畠夯卮鹫f：“爸爸，我們?cè)谝黄鹕盍诉@么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間我已經(jīng)很知足了，您給我的愛也夠了，我也希望您能知足常樂，享盡人生，爸爸！”

吻別后，女兒走了。父親朝著我座位附近的窗子走過來，我可以看出他忍不住要哭。

我盡力不觸及他的隱私，但他卻向我打招呼，問：“你曾經(jīng)有過明知是永別卻還對(duì)某人說再見的經(jīng)歷嗎？”

“我有過這種經(jīng)歷?！边@句話讓我想起我曾因父親為我所做的一切向他表示過我的愛和感激。知道他在世的日子不多后，我特意當(dāng)面對(duì)他說他對(duì)我有多么重要。所以我理解這個(gè)人此時(shí)的感受。

“請(qǐng)?jiān)徫覇栆痪?，為什么是永別呢？”我問。

“我老了，她又住得那么遠(yuǎn)。我的未來生活充滿挑戰(zhàn)。實(shí)際上，她再回來的時(shí)候便是參加我的葬禮了?！彼f。

“我聽到你說‘我希望你知足常樂，享盡人生’，那是什么意思？”

他露出微笑。“那個(gè)愿望是我們家代代相傳的。我的父母過去常對(duì)每個(gè)人說。”

“我們對(duì)人們說知足常樂，享盡人生，就是希望對(duì)方的生活里充滿幸事，支撐他們走下去?！?/p>

他轉(zhuǎn)向我，對(duì)我說了下面這些話，像是在背誦：

我希望你有足夠的陽光讓你樂觀。

我希望你有足夠的雨水讓你更加感激陽光。

我希望你有足夠的幸福使你情緒激昂。

我希望你有足夠的痛苦感受生命中微小的歡樂帶來的幸福。

我希望你得到更多，滿足你的需要。

我希望你失去更多，珍惜所有。

我希望你在永別后能廣交朋友。

那個(gè)人開始抽泣，然后走開了。

I Wish You Enough