“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
~ Paulo Coelho
“Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.”
~ Ritu Ghatourey
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
~ A. A. Milne
There is no doubt we all have goodbyes in our lives. Goodbye happens in a million ways, from the simple to the complicated, with a host of mixed feelings. Simply said, goodbye is a ‘normal’ part of life.
The uncertainty of this past year has presented many paths to goodbye! We have said goodbye to ‘normal,’ routine, tradition and the practices of daily life as we knew it. I’ve always said I would be easy to stalk, I am a creature of habit and routine and carefully planned structure. The goodbyes have challenged us all. And yet I find myself thinking that there are some things that should never return to ‘normal.’ It’s important to find a path to accepting goodbye and all that it brings.
Indeed, a goodbye makes you think! Those thoughts can bring the positives to the surface! Saying goodbye in the reality of today will reveal the gratitude of the present. We all need to give ourselves a chance to adjust to the goodbyes.
Written by: Deborah Lavender, BMG Senior Consultant
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