A Wistful Adieu

Greetings my dear reader, I fear that this is one of the recollections that is truly saddening and it breaks my heart to share it with you. Some say that sorry seems to be the hardest word but isn't goodbye the hardest thing to do? If you have arrived here without even knowing how or why then you should close this window because the contents of this recollection is full of sadness and gloom. If you are quite confident of reading this recollection without shedding a tear then your mom must be proud of you. Anyway, here goes nothing.

Goodbye is a word where almost all of the people around the world know, regardless of the language barrier, may it be English, German, Chinese or Filipino, each has its own translation for the two-syllable word: "Good-bye". Letting go is hard but it is an expression trust and faith towards that person, may it be a departed loved one or an air-breathing loved one. It is one way of saying that you love the person very much because love isn't immortal, it also fades away. Everybody experiences letting go and saying goodbye but it is as painful as being stabbed 15 times across your life-pumping heart, or in other words, it is definitely heart-breaking. Nobody stays forever with you, its either you yourself will be saying the word goodbye or the person whom is so special to you will. Everything in this world is temporary, nothing stays forever, we will always experience the painful art of letting go, whether we like it or not.

There are a lot of happenings where we must say goodbye and let go. Saying goodbye to a departed loved one. Saying goodbye to the one we had loved most is tormenting, in the sense that you may never see him/her again but again it is one way of assuring your loved one that you love him/her because you are definitely happy that he/she is in the afterlife, together with the Creator, safe and sound. Another is saying good bye to a loved one. Of course, it is as much painful that letting go with a departed loved one because you may or you may never see him/her at all. "People seldom say I love you and then it's either too late or love goes. So when I tell you I love you, it doesn't mean I know you'll never go, only that I wish you didn't have to" (http://thinkexist.com/quotations/goodbye/). Letting go is a part of being human, may it be a curse that we must face it, it also gives us the strength to face a lively tomorrow and still hope that we only part to meet again.

It is really melancholic that the word good-bye exists but we have to face it, this word makes us humans, humans who love and miss. Even though it is hard for me to say goodbye my friend, I need to. So, farewell and till next time. Monsieur Aronnax.