What's in a Goodbye..?

I have been thinking over it for quite a while..what is there in a Goodbye that leaves us teary eyed!

All of us say so many goodbyes in a given span of time But all of them are just not the same. There is a kind of Goodbye that tears you from within. It shakes you, breaks you and just doesn't let you be. Probably, this is a rare type. It happens when a deeply loved one is parting from you, and that too possible either for the first time or the ultimate last time. There is a glut in the throat that doesn't let you speak. It leaves you uneasy for quite sometime and when you think of it, it seems to be real time. Amazing it is, to see how strangely we respond to the same event at different points of time.

There is a teary yet fun goodbye too! I remember the goodbye I said to the school friends for the first time and then a Goodbye at the end of College. These were fun because we all had plans to look forward to. We knew we would keep in touch and had those slam books filled. It appeared to be almost a treasure then. Infact it is! Ever flipped through the pages of those yesteryear's slam books recently? Do that this weekend..and you will know what exactly creating a treasure for life means!

I did that a fortnight ago and am still smiling :) No matter how good we look at one point of time, we outgrow ourselves and years later, those pictures throw us into fits of laughter. The lovely messages, those confessions about our crushes and "what I like about you" are the super entertaining parts of slams. Rethinking about your crush and luckily, if one still has him/ her in life is such an amazing feeling. It sends you back to those days and you definitely return younger!

Saying a goodbye, irrespective of its type is never easy. When we part, we leave behind a space in other's lives which remains a void, if not forever, for sometime surely.

Probably, that is the reason why hugs are so important before we part. Its one last feeling of closeness till we meet again. Its an assurance that both of us would be fine without each other and therefore...a Good Bye!