the art of goodbyes

Letting go of anything is indescribably difficult. 

Of course, as a natural human instinct, we fight to keep what's ours.

Always. 

It could be fighting for the last roll of toilet paper in the supermarket, for the last pair of limited edition shoes in the store, or even to keep a person you love by your side just a little bit longer. 

It is, undeniably,  an art. Well, at least to me it is. 

Every person struggles and copes with goodbyes differently, in their own manner, and creatively. And though sometimes these goodbyes may be planned and these changes may be inevitable, there are some that are instantaneous and unexpected. 

I don’t know what’s worse, knowing you’ll have to let something go eventually and still holding on to it, or suddenly losing everything in a blink of an eye. 

Everyone has had to or will have to say goodbye. It’s bound to happen, and it's hard, no matter how many times you’ve done it before. Most of the time there is still a piece of you that is tethered to that one thing you can’t have. 

The more it walks away from you, the further away it drags you from yourself. Losing sight of what’s actually in front of you, right there, waiting patiently for you to recognize, is easier than ever. 

There will be countless late nights debating over and over again about why this has happened or what could have been the cause of this loss. And even when there is a clear answer, it somehow won’t make it any simpler. 

But sometimes goodbyes are not the end. They might just merely be the start of a personal adventure. 

And when the time is right, maybe whatever it was you parted with, will come right back to you. 

After all, “if you love something, let it go. If it was meant to be, it’ll come back to you.”

- Cecelia Ahern