nine

"There are nine requisites for contented living:

HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure;

WEALTH enough to support your needs;

STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them;

GRACE enough to confess your sins and overcome them;

PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished;

CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor;

LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others;

FAITH enough to make real the things of God;

HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

yes... in total, those were all nine. nine points in time. nine stages. novena if you must. the chinese say nine is a good number because it sounds like the word 'longlasting', while for the followers of hinduism and baha'i faith, nine symbolizes completeness. longlasting and complete. only time can tell. what's there to enjoy is the now.