hello and goodbye

Life is a cycle of hellos and goodbyes. We exchange hi's and hello's when we meet. We bid goodbye when it's time to break up or leave. With brightened faces, we smile and embrace in joy and thanksgiving for the encounter. But with sullen look and heavy hearts we shake hands and kiss each other goodbye when it's time to depart.

While hellos are exchanged at the beginning, goodbyes are necessary to enable us to say hello again. We should not be afraid to say goodbye. For it will allow us to hope and dream of meeting again in another place, another time and another circumstance.

But oftentimes we ask ourselves, why do we have to end when we have only just begun? Why do we have to part when we have just met? Should the sun have to set when it had only risen from the horizon? Should the moon overshadow the brightness of the sun?

Life is constant hellos and goodbyes that make the word go round. Life is like that. We come; we go. We live; we die. We win; we lose. We laugh; we cry. We fail; we succeed. We rise; we fall. Hello; Goodbye. Goodbye; Hello.

How do you welcome each new day in your life?
Is it difficult for you to say Goodbye to your past?