The final goodbye

(Baonghean.vn) - My job often requires me to travel far away, so I travel mainly by plane. And for some reason, I like the feeling of waiting at the airport,not only for my long trips but sometimes just to watch people say goodbye and part ways, it's a bit strange but it gives me a lot of emotions, both joy and boundless emotion...

Once, I faintly heard the voices of an old father and daughter saying goodbye to each other.

They hugged and the father said: "I love you! I wish you enough."

Then the daughter replied: "Yes, Dad, I love you too! And I wish you enough."

Leaving her father's arms, the daughter pulled her suitcase and walked in. I saw her father standing there watching her, his old face and eyes filled with tears... I approached him but didn't want to intrude on his private moment.

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As if knowing I had witnessed that moment, he turned and nodded, then asked me:

- Have you ever said goodbye to a loved one, knowing that you would never see them again?

- Excuse me, sir, did you just say "goodbye" to your daughter? Why?

- I'm old, and my daughter lives halfway around the world - The father said, I know, the next time my daughter comes back, I might be gone.

- When he said goodbye to his daughter, I heard him say: "I wish you enough." May I ask what that means?

The old father smiled:

- That's my family's "family heirloom" wish, passed down through many generations - He stopped, looked up as if trying to remember every detail, and smiled even brighter: When I say "I wish you enough", I want to wish my daughter a life full of good things and to maintain it.

Then he mumbled: "I wish you enough sunshine to keep your soul pure. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sunshine. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain to appreciate even the smallest joys. I wish you enough wants to be content. I wish you enough loss to appreciate what you have. And I wish you enough strength to endure the "FINAL GOODBYE".

He cried and turned away.

I said to him: "Sir, I wish you...enough"!

An Nhien(synthetic)