Saying Goodbye

My best friend and I were having a conversation about airports a few days ago and it got me thinking. I've been traveling a lot in these past months and until recently I've never realized how emotional airports are.
Airports are full of strangers just coming and going. Those terminals are consumed with moments of happiness and sadness. So many people going who knows where? Maybe a vacation, a wedding, or perhaps even a funeral. Some are greeting people whom they are delighted to see others saying goodbye to people they are heart broken to see go. All those moments are filled with lifes little tribulations.
When I'm in an aiport often times I find myself looking at people from a distance. I'm just far enough from them so I don't hear what they are saying, but close enough to let my imagination run with the information they are giving off. I am most intrigued by couples saying goodbye.
I always wonder why they would choose such a public place to let thier emotions overflow. I realize now that saying goodbye is a difficult but necessary thing. I think you need to say good bye to people well in order, even if that order is in an airport, only then will you be able to begin on new relationships. It is easier when you leave someone without saying goodbye in order to minimalize the loss, but you cheat yourself of truly embracing the loss.
So it is here where my imagination runs. I see those couples allowing themselves to not only feel some sadness, but to communicate it, only then they are rewarded with the opportunity to really get a sense of how much they meant to each other, and to recognize what gifts they are leaving behind. One will board the plane the other will stay, but for that moment in the airport they allowed themselves to put their lives in order.
2 Comments:
Wow.....now I want to go to an airport. Just to hang out.
It's the best place for people watching...thank you for the compliment on Ray forum!
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