Saying goodbye
I was browsing online last night and I ran across this really amazing Web site called Learning to Love You More. It’s really pretty great. The idea behind the site is for people to engage in a variety of assignments and post their results. The latest assignment is as follows:
Assignment 70:
Saying Goodbye
Sometimes it’s hard to say goodbye. It just feels easier to keep holding on. But in the long run it’s usually a good idea to let go, it’s the daring thing to do. It allows room for new things, for transformation. And maybe the goodbye isn’t even forever, but you can’t know until you really say goodbye and mean it. In some cases, goodbye is really the end, and good riddance! For this assignment, say goodbye to all the things you need to let go of: bad habits, dead people, alive people, ex-boyfriends and girlfriends, self-destructive feelings and behaviors, jobs, projects, re-occuring thoughts, etc. Write it as a simple list: Goodbye Bill. Goodbye wetting the bed. Good bye interrupting people when they are talking. etc. It can be as long or as short as you like. And, most importantly, take a moment with each one to really say goodbye. This isn’t a catalogue of your fears and faults, this is a ceremony to bid them farewell.
I wrote my own goodbye list, but it’s a bit too personal to post here. If you want to share yours, feel free to leave a comment or e-mail me at scampbell@freedomenc.com.
Anyway check out the Web site, it’s actually pretty empowering.
In my head:
Sara Bareilles: Fairytale
