At this point I am a little more than 7 hours away from launch. I am surrounded by unpacked items, farewell cards, and chaos. Tonight I had to say goodbye to some of the people that have been my rock while my world was a tidal wave. As I sat in my room alone letting the echoes of see you soon and be safe reverberate in my head, I think to myself how beautiful goodbyes are. Goodbyes, yes they hurt, but they also show how deeply one loves. If a goodbye doesn’t hurt, then how deep do you truly love that person. When someone says goodbye and it rips their heart out of their chest, it is then that they understand why love is painful. As I sit in pain of goodbye, I also sit in the aura of deep love. The tears shed and hugs squeezed gave me added affirmation of how deeply I am loved, and why it hurts so bad to say goodbye. The beauty is that I am not saying goodbye; I am saying farewell, see you soon, and talk to you later.
So for the goodbyes that have come, the goodbyes that are still being processed and the goodbyes that still have yet to happen; I will treat them with joy.
Finding peace in pain is one thing, but finding joy and love in pain is another. Talk to you all soon, hopefully I will be in Cambodia.
Be happy and keep on keeping on,
xoxo Jazlyn
