Goodbyes!

 

“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Nobody likes to say goodbye. It’s exceedingly painful to bid adieu to something you don’t want

to leave. They’re considered to be a sad and heartbreaking experience but they don’t have to be.

Goodbyes are a cathartic exercise in interpersonal relationships which gives closure to the

human mind, something which it greatly values. What makes it so difficult is confronting the

fact something which we thought was permanent, simply isn’t. It forces us to come out of our

bubble and wander into the unknown. When we bid goodbye to someone, we are also

acknowledging their impact in our lives and how they’ve made us better. Human beings are

creatures of habit, we don’t like change. A lot of people avoid saying goodbyes to even the

people they love the most for the sole reason that it opens an entire pandora of emotions. We

feel so much because a part of ourselves is being left behind as well. It makes us actually come

to terms with our feelings which can be emotionally uncomfortable for people leading them to

hold back. We often regret the words that we don’t say.

Leaving our schools after our 10th grade was one of the hardest things that we all have gone through.

 The nostalgia, the childhood memories of every lunch break, every class fight, every time our teachers

 laughed with us just came rushing at once and left me teary eyed and overwhelmed.

That is when I we remind ourselves that when one door closes, another one opens. We didn’t tell

ourselves that everything will remain the same, that we could still call up our school friends and talk

for hours on end because we knew that if we did so we would just be giving ourself false hopes. It will

probably never be the same but that’s okay. Every experience teaches us something or the

other. Just because we might not be close with all of my school friends doesn’t mean that the

bond we shared then is any less valuable.

So we tell you, say yes to goodbyes, say yes to new beginnings. The only constant thing in our life

is change, the sooner we accept it the better we are. Showing your loved ones, family, friends or

even your co-workers how much they mean to you can do wonders for a person. Do what feels

right to express the value that their friendship, their support, or their camaraderie has for you.

It doesn’t have to be an overly dramatic farewell with you crying for hours on end and promising

that you would call each other every single hour and constantly text throughout the entirety of

your waking hours. It can be a gentle hug, kind words of appreciation or even a loving pat on the

back.

~Team Editorials