Goodbye

Goodbye...there must be a reason why it is 'good'. Then, why the tears, sadness, and all the pain?

For whatever it is, goodbye should bring out the good in us, if not the best. For example...

• In my opinion, those break-up and letting-go songs have more beautiful lyrics and melodies. Artists had their "big breaks" singing these songs.
• We find the dearest and truest of friends when we are in our lowest "goodbye trough".
• Some of the best stories and art works were either inspired by or done during modes and bouts of depression. Think Edgar Allan Poe's melancholic poems, and Shakespeare's tragedies. And think of your own diary. Wasn't it much easier to express yourself when you were at your saddest?

Oh well... April is coming to an end. I mentally committed myself to an April 30 deadline of saying goodbye...to past loves and hates, to ones that got away and passed me by, to puppy and grown-up affections which have moved on to live lives of their own, to short-term and long-term heartaches, heartbreaks and similar wounds, and to every thing and every one which have taken some space in my heart, however small and brief.

Goodbye now and for good.

I'll keep the beautiful memories though, and hopefully learn my lesson well. And maybe that's what goodbye really is --- taking us through all the pains so we can weep for all that we must, and be left the good part of ourselves.

May we appreciate the good of Goodbye more...Ciao friends !