blog at 411pm on august 15 - "It’s just letting go..."

I wrote this blog while the internet on my PC at work was down...

I used to think that you could move away and everybody would continue to miss you and keep in touch but it isn’t so. Forgive me for being naïve. In reality the moment that you part, your friendship ends. You will always be acquaintances but the friendship will never be the same.

I used to try to keep in touch as much as possible with my old folks in Chico and Williams thinking that I had to keep my word when I said, “We’ll keep in touch.” Apparently I just took those words literally when everybody else was using the phrase as a courtesy.

After a while I began to believe that the policy that most people lived by was out of sight, out of mind. In other words, while the people were gone, they were forgotten. Upon return, they were assimilated anew into the group or into the friendship. This theory also proved to be a fallacy.

In reality, it’s just letting go. There are those that were meant to be part of your life forever and those that weren’t. If they weren’t then it’s better to just say goodbye as they move on and out of your life. The reality of the situation is this: There’s no use hanging on to those that were meant to leave. You only make a fool out of yourself. All you can do is be happy for them and wish them well. All you can do is say goodbye; after all, it’s just letting go.