Say "Goodbye" to arrive

Cold, distant or cheerful: this word always leaves a hole in who says it and in who hear it. An emptiness filled with memories too close which disappear with the time or an existential emptiness even bigger.

The origin of the word means "God be with you". ¿Is it possible then that the physical loneliness brings us closer to God or that when sometimes we say "Goodbye" to someone we can be closer to that person through the God that abides in us?

The word "Goodbye" can have a painful value for us, if we fear loneliness, if we stifle the expressions of our creativity or madness to feel integrated, if we prefer an unhappy relationship than the hardness of living alone, without hope, If we want to live among the greatest number of people, like if the memories we leave on others could give us more hours of life.

In all these situations and in all those when we truly fear the arrival of the word "Goodbye", we're just showing that we already said "Goodbye" to ourselves. Loneliness only exists in who surrender to the whims of domineering ego or the dictates of society or who feels alone in the crowd feels painful loneliness.

But when is the right time to say "Goodbye"? When we know that we will feel less alone and happier away from who or what we said "Goodbye" to. All the words "Goodbye" said that come as a cry of ego, pride or to mark a position represent a vulnerable and weak "Goodbye". It's a "bye" that distances us increasingly ... from the others and from our destiny.

In a love relationship, farewell brings silence, less affection, less noise or color, but can bring calmness, maturity and wisdom, when the word comes from the heart and not from the ego. When "Goodbye" is best for all is a complete act of love and growth.

¿So, is it possible that when we say "Goodbye" to another, from a situation or even from the world without sorrow, we are closest to God?