YOUR THOUGHTS
06 February 2012: hello.. how are you?.... goodbye
observations for today
the next couple of weeks i will be bidding farewell to some friends and meeting new ones as well.
it breaks my heart to let go of people close to me, but for different reasons i know it has to be done.
my dear neighbour at work will be departing and moving back to his hometown of Sydney.
i'll be missing him terribly at work, no more " hey diddly ho neighbourino" in the morning... no more.. "coffee neighbour?"
i will be in major withdrawals and im not sure if i'll be as chirpy as i can be at work.
in honour of his departure i'll be cooking dinner for him and other friends, and of course he has his farewell drinks at the garage (our favourite watering hole) on friday.
then my dear friend kylie will be getting married soon. it's like letting go of a limb, it's like im being left behind in the unknown world of singledom. but im very very happy for her. im extremely excited, but i know things will be different.life will be different. and im looking forward to this new life she will have with her husband...i love you both guys!
on a happy note...sometime this week, im hoping to be with someone special which in any case should provide some momentary lapse of sadness loosing both respective friends.
so in any case. im here. you know my number, you know my email. keep in touch my dear.
to ponder onsaying goodbye sucks. i hate doing it. i hate being left behind. i hate leaving people behind.
i hate crying, but i love the hugs that comes with it.
what do you hate?
i truely regret (already) leaving this wonderful city that has been my home for 3 years. i love so many people here, of course including you ms. B.
i hate leaving things behind. i hate leaving people behind. i hate crying... but i love hugs asd well.
even though i'll be a thousand and more miles away from these new friends that i love, i learned 3 years ago that distance is no match for love.
with love, db.
- posted by db [www]
did i say i hate crying... oh my neighbour.. you just made me cry then... missing u already xox
- posted by barbara [email]
There's a good bit I was reading recently in a book by Kahlil Gibran called "The Prophet", and the main character is reflecting on saying goodbye to the people and the village he has lived in as a stranger for the last few years, during which time he came to love and be loved by the people and accepted as one of their own, while still respecting his differences. He talks about how saying good bye is actually in part a coming together, because you become intensely aware of what the other person means to you and all the things you love about them. I like that idea.
I said goodbye to a good friend this morning, and realise that when you are apart, it really doesn't matter if the distance separating you is a few feet or a couple of states, the distance is still there and you need to decide how to use it to grow closer together.
To know the pain of too much tederness is a gift that is worth the suffering, I reckon.
I hate hidden agendas.
- posted by hazza
how can i put into words how much i'll miss someone or what they mean exactly to me. i am a writer but i find it hard to write these things when so upset about that someone leaving. especially when there is so much pain involved. tears will be shed and a space will remain. i just hope that the move is brings as much happiness as those people you are leaving here brought you.........as much happiness as you brought them.
xx
- posted by janie
Separation of any kind is painful causing much anxiety. The worst kind is involuntary seperation caused by being rejected by a fellow human being. A loved one can be taken from us permanently or temporarily and we can recover in time. We seldom can recover in the same time span from seperation caused by rejection.
- posted by tb
it's always difficult saying goodbye to people you've known for years, especially in a close work environment as after all they're the people you see the most, more than even your partner. But in time, like anything painful, the sorrows ease.
- posted by dc [email]
saying goodbye means you can look forward to maybe saying hello again.
- posted by anonymous
and yet more goodbyes... for a good reason, but that doesn't take away the emptiness. *sigh*
Still - you rock Miss J!
- posted by Sarz [www] [email]