At an airport I overheard a father and daughter during their last moments together. Her flight was ready for boarding and they were 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."

在機場我無意中聽到父女倆在最后分別時刻的談話。女兒正準備上飛機，他們站在飛機門附近。他們擁抱著，父親說：“我愛你，我希望你能知足常樂，盡享人生?！迸畠夯卮鹫f：“爸爸，我們在一起生活了這么長時間我已經很知足了，您給我的愛也夠了，我也希望你能知足常樂，盡享人生，爸爸!”

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.

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。

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?"

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

"Yes, I have." Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing 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.

“我有過這種經歷?！边@句話讓我想起我曾為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，我特意當面對他說他對我有多么重要。所以我理解這個人此時的感受。

"Forgive me for asking, but why is this goodbye forever?" I asked.

“請原諒我問一句，為什么是永別呢?”我問。

"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.

“我老了，她又住的那么遠。我的未來生活充滿挑戰。實際上，她再回來的時候便是參加我的葬禮了?！彼f。

"I heard you say ’I wish you enough’ May I ask what that means?"

“我聽到你說‘我希望你知足常樂，盡享人生’，那是什么意思?”

He began to smile. "That is a wish that has been handed down through the generations. My parents used to say it to everyone."

他露出微笑。“那個愿望是我們家代代相傳的。我的父母過去常對每個人說?！?/p>

The man paused a moment, then looked up, as if trying to remember the details.

那人頓了一下，抬了抬頭，像是在盡力回想其中的細節。

"When we say I wish you enough, we want the other persons to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them."

“我們對人們說知足常樂，盡享人生，就是希望對方的生活里充滿幸事，支撐他們走下去。”

He then turned to me and shared the following, as if he were reciting it from memory:

他轉向我，對我說了下面這些話，像是在背誦：

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.

我希望你有足夠的陽光讓你樂觀。

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.

我希望你有足夠的雨水讓你更加感激陽光。

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirits up.

我希望你有足夠的幸福使你情緒激昂。

I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.

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。

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

我希望你得到更多，滿足你的需要。

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

我希望你失去更多，珍惜所有。

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

我希望你在永別后能廣交朋友。

Then the man began to sob and walked away.

那個人開始抽泣，然后走開了。