when I participate in artistic events, or when I see people helping others with humility, altruism and not with a delirium of omnipotence, I think that we can trust human beings again.
Imagining a drone and looking at the world, its countries… I’m not so sure. Too many people, animals and nature suffer and there are reasons for their suffering and too many reasons depend on humanity.
My faith in myself knowing I am enough trying to do the best I can and knowing that each human being is doing the best under the circumstance’s humanity found themselves. On a practical matter, it the unexpected kindness express or actions taken knowingly or unknowingly to make another being enough help me sustain my faith in humanity.
My Health ins company that I work for is non-profit, our staff works very hard for their members which many are on Medicaid or disabled. Also my church that does a great deal for the needy throughout the year.
One-to-one conversations with people. I often learn that others have been through so much adversity, so much pain, and are still choosing to act in loving ways.
Right now I feel so sad for my family in LA who lost their house in the wildfires. What keeps my faith in humanity is all the people who help each other during this tragedy.
Dear Ladybug, I am praying for your family & all the people suffering from this horrendous event. I am a Northern Californian & I know these events all too well. My heart hurts for everyone affected.💔
Light & love coming your way.✨🙏🏻❤️💫✨❤️
Like all the others, I too am very sorry to hear of your family’s lost house from the horrific wildfires. Prayers for you and your family and all affected by the wildfires. Hopefully they get much needed rain out there to put it all out. I lit a candle on this site.
I’m so sorry
that this has happened within your family,
dear Ladybug . . .
it makes the situation so much more personal
when you are connected in some way
to someone who has felt the horror of this tragedy
is part of a family that has been impacted.
I hold you
and your family,
and all the many others who have lost their homes,
and sometimes their lives
to this devastating event
with love… ♥
I’m so sorry, Ladybug. My sister and her family are in LA, and the fires were as close as 4 miles from them last night. It’s so scary and I pray they can get it stopped soon. My sister said they’re going to the desert to get fresh(er) air… she said everything is covered in ash out there. I can’t begin to imagine 🙁
There are so many good people in the world, and in my world. I try to keep my internal compass focused on doing good and being a decent, loving human being. By doing that, I tend to see the good in others.
Ah, but you see, I don’t have faith in humanity. I have faith in individual human beings, who in my personal experience are more often good than bad, more often kind than cruel. I have faith in groups of those people when they’re working together for something that will benefit all, that they’re doing the best they can.
It’s experiencing those acts of kindness, those efforts that make a difference, that sustains me.
Oh gosh, this is a good question for me right now! I have been really disillusioned by learning of some spiritual teachers who have not lived out the ideals that they taught. I guess I really have been longing for this “perfect person” who completely lives into some beautiful ideals, and it is harder than I thought to find that person. I also have been disillusioned by all the news of cruelty, greed, and deception in our world.
But I have many friends, family members, and community members I know who inspire me by being good people and doing selfless things to help others. I also sometimes read about people who might be labelled “victims” by the world because they are in conflict zones enduring horrendous conditions. And yet some of those people are just absolutely amazing in the ways that they are bravely sacrificing and risking their lives to help others.
So those two things helps sustain my faith in humanity.
My husband, many of the kind people who work with and care for
residents in my Mom’s assisted living facility.
A friend I had who took in homeless cats and let them live in her place of business, a pet supply store,
until or if they got a permanent home, my mailman, a young man, quick to smile, who is always extra nice,
people in my community who stand up and assemble or march for what is right.
Thank you grateful.org for helping me remember the goodness that is all around me.
My first reaction was another question: Do I have faith in humanity? I have faith in many other but humanity??? Today, is Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington D.C. I think I shall go watch the funeral. Carter was an honest and sincere man who could bring the biggest enemies together but he was not a politician. Why do we love politicians so much? I guess we all want a hero more than human progress and growth in awareness. God bless Jimmy Carter. He’s preaching from the grave. I guess I would say that the ancestors sustain my faith in humanity and I call on their strength often to help sustain me.
I rea“I wish you enough”
Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said: “I wish you enough.”The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.” They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?” “Yes, I have,” I replied. “Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever good-bye?” “I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is the next trip back will be for my funeral,” she said.
When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, “I wish you enough.” May I ask what that means?” She began to smile. “That’s a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.” She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more.
“When we said ‘I wish you enough’ we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them”. Then turning toward me, she shared the following, reciting 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 spirit alive.
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 possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.”
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person.
An hour to appreciate them. A day to love them.
And an entire life to forget them.
{PS}English Literature Community on FACEBOOK January 9, 2025
This story made me cry – I wish a very special Random Act of Kindness to that woman and her daughter – I hope they can reunite again before the mom dies. I wish the airline would read this and give each of them unlimited flights. ugh. 🙁
Thank you, dear Carol. I will write that down in my journal. What an extra ordinary encounter. Makes for faith in humanity and individual human beings.
Dear Carol, thank you for sharing this “Enough”. This encounter is so beautiful, so filled with wisdom & sweetness. I have tears.
Wishing you a day filled with miracles.✨
When people do the right thing.
When people operate with integrity.
When people lead by example.
When people come together to help.
When parents model virtues.
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Children, kind acts, humans, beauty, community.
when I participate in artistic events, or when I see people helping others with humility, altruism and not with a delirium of omnipotence, I think that we can trust human beings again.
Imagining a drone and looking at the world, its countries… I’m not so sure. Too many people, animals and nature suffer and there are reasons for their suffering and too many reasons depend on humanity.
My faith in myself knowing I am enough trying to do the best I can and knowing that each human being is doing the best under the circumstance’s humanity found themselves. On a practical matter, it the unexpected kindness express or actions taken knowingly or unknowingly to make another being enough help me sustain my faith in humanity.
My Health ins company that I work for is non-profit, our staff works very hard for their members which many are on Medicaid or disabled. Also my church that does a great deal for the needy throughout the year.
One-to-one conversations with people. I often learn that others have been through so much adversity, so much pain, and are still choosing to act in loving ways.
Right now I feel so sad for my family in LA who lost their house in the wildfires. What keeps my faith in humanity is all the people who help each other during this tragedy.
Dear Ladybug, I am praying for your family & all the people suffering from this horrendous event. I am a Northern Californian & I know these events all too well. My heart hurts for everyone affected.💔
Light & love coming your way.✨🙏🏻❤️💫✨❤️
Thank you P K R.
I am reading this on Friday morning. My heart breaks for your family. I can’t imagine the heart break. Mother Earth is crying also.
Like all the others, I too am very sorry to hear of your family’s lost house from the horrific wildfires. Prayers for you and your family and all affected by the wildfires. Hopefully they get much needed rain out there to put it all out. I lit a candle on this site.
I’m so sorry
that this has happened within your family,
dear Ladybug . . .
it makes the situation so much more personal
when you are connected in some way
to someone who has felt the horror of this tragedy
is part of a family that has been impacted.
I hold you
and your family,
and all the many others who have lost their homes,
and sometimes their lives
to this devastating event
with love… ♥
Thank you for your kind words Sparrow.
I do hope everyone can rebuilt,
and come back strong.
Blessings.
May your family and other Angelenos rise from the ashes dear Ladybug.
Thank you for your kind message Joseph. Yes Indeed. Blessings.
So sorry about your families home, hope they have a safe place to stay!
Thank you Robin. Yes they do thankfully. Blessings.
I am so sorry to hear this Ladybug!
I will light a candle for you your family
and others enduring great loss in these fires.
Thank you sooo much Mary. That is so nice of you. Blessings.
I am so sorry for your family; for your losses. I am holding you all in prayer.
Thank you for your prayers.
I’m so sorry, Ladybug. My sister and her family are in LA, and the fires were as close as 4 miles from them last night. It’s so scary and I pray they can get it stopped soon. My sister said they’re going to the desert to get fresh(er) air… she said everything is covered in ash out there. I can’t begin to imagine 🙁
It is vey sad. Hope the fires can be contained soon. Prayers for your sister and her family.
I’m so sorry to hear that your family lost their house. I wish them lots of support and hope they get what they need to rebuild.
Thanks Drea.
There are so many good people in the world, and in my world. I try to keep my internal compass focused on doing good and being a decent, loving human being. By doing that, I tend to see the good in others.
Random acts of kindness.❤️
People who are brave enough to go against the grain and expose the truth. Truth tellers.✨
First responders. ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Yes – first responders! So many of them so busy lately. God bless them all 💜
Ah, but you see, I don’t have faith in humanity. I have faith in individual human beings, who in my personal experience are more often good than bad, more often kind than cruel. I have faith in groups of those people when they’re working together for something that will benefit all, that they’re doing the best they can.
It’s experiencing those acts of kindness, those efforts that make a difference, that sustains me.
Thanks, Barb
Very good points, Barb!
Oh gosh, this is a good question for me right now! I have been really disillusioned by learning of some spiritual teachers who have not lived out the ideals that they taught. I guess I really have been longing for this “perfect person” who completely lives into some beautiful ideals, and it is harder than I thought to find that person. I also have been disillusioned by all the news of cruelty, greed, and deception in our world.
But I have many friends, family members, and community members I know who inspire me by being good people and doing selfless things to help others. I also sometimes read about people who might be labelled “victims” by the world because they are in conflict zones enduring horrendous conditions. And yet some of those people are just absolutely amazing in the ways that they are bravely sacrificing and risking their lives to help others.
So those two things helps sustain my faith in humanity.
My husband, many of the kind people who work with and care for
residents in my Mom’s assisted living facility.
A friend I had who took in homeless cats and let them live in her place of business, a pet supply store,
until or if they got a permanent home, my mailman, a young man, quick to smile, who is always extra nice,
people in my community who stand up and assemble or march for what is right.
Thank you grateful.org for helping me remember the goodness that is all around me.
My first reaction was another question: Do I have faith in humanity? I have faith in many other but humanity??? Today, is Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington D.C. I think I shall go watch the funeral. Carter was an honest and sincere man who could bring the biggest enemies together but he was not a politician. Why do we love politicians so much? I guess we all want a hero more than human progress and growth in awareness. God bless Jimmy Carter. He’s preaching from the grave. I guess I would say that the ancestors sustain my faith in humanity and I call on their strength often to help sustain me.
I rea“I wish you enough”
Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said: “I wish you enough.”The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.” They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?” “Yes, I have,” I replied. “Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever good-bye?” “I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is the next trip back will be for my funeral,” she said.
When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, “I wish you enough.” May I ask what that means?” She began to smile. “That’s a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.” She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more.
“When we said ‘I wish you enough’ we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them”. Then turning toward me, she shared the following, reciting 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 spirit alive.
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 possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.”
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person.
An hour to appreciate them. A day to love them.
And an entire life to forget them.
{PS}English Literature Community on FACEBOOK January 9, 2025
You were in the right place at the right time. That lady will never forget you also.
I have read that quote before. It is lovely.
I wish you a great day.
This story made me cry – I wish a very special Random Act of Kindness to that woman and her daughter – I hope they can reunite again before the mom dies. I wish the airline would read this and give each of them unlimited flights. ugh. 🙁
Thank you, dear Carol. I will write that down in my journal. What an extra ordinary encounter. Makes for faith in humanity and individual human beings.
This is such a beautiful story
and such a beautiful poem.
Thank you Carol!
♥️
Dear Carol, thank you for sharing this “Enough”. This encounter is so beautiful, so filled with wisdom & sweetness. I have tears.
Wishing you a day filled with miracles.✨
Beautiful. As usual. 🙏😁
When people do the right thing.
When people operate with integrity.
When people lead by example.
When people come together to help.
When parents model virtues.
I have faith in small groups be they outreach or spiritually based.
Helping each other and taking time to listen. Caring and sharing about each other and not just our family but all of humanity is our family.
All of humanity.
Yes, Antoinette!
♥️
I think of yesterday’s quote – we all belong.
I loved that one.
It warmed my heart.