When you say good bye
Because we are all part of the cosmic soup we should not feel sad when we say good bye. Why then do I feel sad today? If you consider that the world is conspiring to make me and you a better person then saying good bye should be easy. Because we stay connected and there’s aways a lesson.
But….
During the last week we were in Mauritius for my birthday. My lovely wife Elmarie, my beautiful daughter Nandi and one of her friends Alister, had the best times, ever, at the Club Med Hotel.
The hotel staff (Gentle Officers or GOs) treated us (Gentle Members) like kings and queens. And we became intensely involved with them. They are a great bunch of people. They work from sun up and party till sun up. They do what they do well because they truly love the Gentle Members. But I think it’s a lot easier to love people who want to be loved…. and we are suckers for love. The more we gave the more we got back. And then we had to say good bye to our new friends.
Say good buy to people you know for only seven days should not be difficult. But we left knowing that we may never meet again (in this world at least) but why do we feel the emptiness?
Why the feeling of loss?
Then I had a double whammy. My daughter will attend university in Cape Town (two hours away -by plane) and she and my wife left, today, to set her up in the coming week. Now if you think it was difficult to say good bye to my friends at Club Met then I must confess.
I never expected to feel as sad as I do. Even though I will see her often and speak to her often I know that she is taking one of the most visible steps in becoming independent. Why then do I feel sad today?
Because I have enough reason. I will feel stronger very soon but at the moment I am touching LOVE! What an excuse………
