But there comes a time in everyone’s life for whatever reason, we find ourselves face to face with saying goodbye to someone we love.
Fortunately or unfortunately life offers many opportunities to practice saying farewell. It’s inevitable. But no matter how much practice, for me, it never seems to get any easier.
Yet, once again, I find myself back in this all too familiar place, getting ready to say farewell…this time to you.
And, I gotta tell you, I’m struggling.
Instructor Lana Beex
On one hand, when I look at you I see this beautiful young lady who has fully blossomed into a confident, graceful woman over the past four years since coming to Down Dog. A woman who is now ready to step into her new life, this next phase of her journey, and I’m so happy for you. So proud.
Yet, letting go of you feels impossible, as my heart and mind overflows with loving memories of our time together that I am not quite ready to release.
A bittersweet moment to say the least.
But this life, as we know it, is ever changing. And the impermanence of it all can be exhilarating and exciting. Yet, at the same time, it can spark sadness, and a futile grasping to that which must change in order for us to grow.
Still, I’m left wondering if it is at all possible to find ease and grace in this world of change?
Can we trust that our freedom may actually lie within this world of great impermanence?
Do these unwanted changes offer insight into ourselves, as we examine why we so desperately cling?
I don’t know. But what I do know is that we love you… I love you.
And we (I) can never fully replace the unique void that this farewell leaves behind.
But our ability to let go of someone we love, even when painful, can help us to realize what is actually important to us, enriching our memories, creating the desire for another chance at life and love.
There is a line in the play Annie that says “How Lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so difficult.”
Today I feel lucky to have known you.
Be well, do go work, and know you are forever in my heart.
