(Something in my email today...)
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright,
No matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear 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.
We often wish each other the best of everything, not thinking that growth and maturity come at a price, and that price is often (or always) painful.
I see parents in luxury cars breaking traffic rules and getting as close to the school gate as possible to drop off their 'Pride and Joy'. Yet these same kids are ignoring teachers, misbehaving, smoking, and playing truant, no less (though perhaps no more) than the rural kid who walks 5km to the school gate rain or shine.
Maybe our kids will grow up better if we gave them "just enough" instead of "the best of everything".
