Goodbyes and more

Whatever has a start, has an end too. There is nothing like immortal in our lives. Farewells are a part of us. All the stories, journeys eventually come to an end. There is this full stop that follows all the occurrences of our lives. Departures sadden us. For a moment, you feel the presence of that unimaginably large void deep down your soul, digging through the walls of your conscience. But that too gets filled up with time. No matter how hard it seems at that point of time, it does change as time flies by. In the heart of hearts, we do admit the fact that this is how it works. Ask yourself. Now. You will find that for all those times, when you had thought that you couldn't take it any longer, you actually did - with struggles, hardships and perfection sometimes.

What plays a remarkable role in this entire process is the feeling of getting used to the situation you are stuck in. Sometimes you accept things because you are left with no other option but to live with them the way they have been thrown at you. That so-called unfamiliarity suddenly becomes acceptable to you. May be because you grow up; you gain some sort of maturity to tackle with situations wisely. May be you decide things better after having experienced a lot in life- good and bad in equal proportions. May be you get accustomed to that sturdy stance that you are left with. There will be a lot of possibilities but all of these are true in one way or the other for sure. You endure what is unbearable and you bear it. That's all.

Incidentally, I had started with this note because I wanted to give a vent to that overwhelming feeling which I have been experiencing for the past couple of days since there is a lot of bidding goodbyes these days. Departures, farewells and goodbyes galore. And I ended up with the philosophy behind these endings! Don't I get way too speculative sometimes? Urmm, perhaps yes. Because some things are intangible to the extent that you sink deeper and deeper into them, without having any knowledge about it; you just go on finding ways to feed your insatiable appetite for life!

Bottom line: Might take a while, but eventually you will find the 'good' in 'goodbye'. 

© Aiman