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“I wish you sufficient !”

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A father and his daughter hugged each other intimately and warmly at the airport.
Both did not know if they would ever meet again.
The father was very old and a serious illness plagued him.
The daughter had left home with her husband many years ago, and they lived far, far away and could not come very often to visit.

Finally it was time for the daughter to get onto the plane.

“I love you, I wish you sufficient!”, said the father to his daughter.
“I love you too, Dad. I wish you also sufficient!”, she replied.

A passenger observed the scene could not hold back to ask the father after the farewell: “What does that mean, when you wished another “sufficient”.

“That’s a wish that has been passed down in our family from generation to generation,” the man replied.

“It means:
I wish you sufficient sun,
so your life may be bright.

I wish you sufficient rain,
so you can appreciate the sun.

I wish you sufficient luck,
so you can preserve your love.

I wish you sufficient sorrows,
so your smallest pleasures appear big.

I wish you sufficient profit,
so you get everything you need.

I wish you sufficient loss,
so you can appreciate everything you have.

I wish you are welcomed sufficiently often,
so you feel safe and loved when finally saying good-bye.”

(unknown)

The Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee

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“When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous “yes.”

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

“Now,” said the professor as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things–your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions–and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.

The sand is everything else–the small stuff. “If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

“Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first–the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.”

– Wisdom unknown.

All Saint’s Day: Clear out the old to make way for the new.

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“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. ”

Steve Jobs, on June 12, 2005, at his commencement speech at Stanford University.

Free Hugs

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Apologies – but I simply cannot resist in posting this over again – but I wanted to make sure we all share this … and above all, I wanted to make myself a special present for a special day:

There has never been a single time that this video did not touch my heart, and I’d be surprised there is any single person who has not lost their key to their hearts, that would not feel enchanted by the simple message this campaign conveys: we are all just human, and we all need each other … once in a while, for a hug!

  

Free Hugs Campaign (with music from Sick Puppies)

Dedicated to all those, who did not forget about the place in their heart that was made to connect with people…

For those who would like to look up the background of this real life story, pls visit Wikipedia at the below link. It will explain all you need to know, and possibly hook you up for your own localized version of the Free Hugs Campaign.