Sunday, November 2, 2014

Three Questions

My friend Rachel posted this on her Facebook page and it really spoke to me.

[by Lang Leav]

Good bye, when it's a final good bye, is a difficult concept to grasp. It feels so, so, so wrong - and that's why it hurts so much. The brilliance of the love that was is what makes good bye hurt so much. Being seen while being loved is what makes good bye hurt so much.

Perhaps that is why people who know just how much good bye hurts choose to say hello to crazy, new things they would never have done before. Perhaps that is why people who know just how much good bye hurts feel such comfort in new invitations. Perhaps that is why people who know just how much good bye hurts feel like they have nothing to lose when opportunity knocks.

Good bye, when it's a final good bye, will never feel right. There will always be a void to be filled. No amount of new things, welcome invitations, or opportunities will change that... But forgetting about the void that exists, even for just a while - that is a real possibility.

1 comment:

  1. That void is real, and there is nothing that can fill it.
    You can do a lot of new things, anyway that void remains.
    But - and this is a big but - all the new things you can do, they help to enrich your life. And although they may not fill that void, they still give you the possibility to commit on something else, appreciate something else, and have a life full of things that make you feel good.

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Help me feel less alone.