Five Tips for an Easier Goodbye
Saying goodbye is bittersweet, especially if you have decided to move overseas. If you want to make the transition easier, then consider these tips to help you move through the difficult times of moving away from your loved ones.
Tip #1: Recognize Your Sadness
It's okay to acknowledge your sadness when you move overseas. You should also know that your friend is feeling the same sadness. Although, the leaver and the "levee" seem to have different time lines for how and when they experience their feelings.
Tip #2: Enjoy Your Friendship While it Lasts
If someone we care about decides to move overseas, it hurts. At the same time, a true relationship will last and recognize the moments that were shared. It helps to share your feelings with a friend or family. The consciousness that you use to deal with this also releases pain stored away from other moments of loss.
Tip #3: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
When a soul - sister and dear friend of mine recently left India, where I live, I knew that I would not have given up her friendship in exchange for the sadness and loss. I was a better person for the experience of knowing her.
Tip #4: Know that Emotional Risk is Worth It
Emotional risk is often difficult to deal with when someone decides to move overseas, but without it, life would lack passion and depth. The ability to experience fully is worth the price we pay, even if it is feeling sad or lonely.
Tip #5: Get Ready for the Future
If you have friends and people you care about in your life, then dealing with loss is inevitable. We live in a time where people move a lot. Even though this is difficult, it is better than the alternative of not having friends or family we care about at all.
Feeling sad is perfectly natural and understandable. We all want to have more pleasure and less pain. Many have argued that these are core ingredients of being a human being. When someone you love leaves, it might mean that you need to take time for a retreat and to be gentle toward yourself during this time. You are likely preparing for the new to come in.
Soon it will be time to rekindle old relationships and to find new ones. While you are preparing, get involved with something that you find meaningful and create new bonds. When an old friend or lover leaves, it makes room for a new one. This will help when you begin to move overseas.
Tip #1: Recognize Your Sadness
It's okay to acknowledge your sadness when you move overseas. You should also know that your friend is feeling the same sadness. Although, the leaver and the "levee" seem to have different time lines for how and when they experience their feelings.
Tip #2: Enjoy Your Friendship While it Lasts
If someone we care about decides to move overseas, it hurts. At the same time, a true relationship will last and recognize the moments that were shared. It helps to share your feelings with a friend or family. The consciousness that you use to deal with this also releases pain stored away from other moments of loss.
Tip #3: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
When a soul - sister and dear friend of mine recently left India, where I live, I knew that I would not have given up her friendship in exchange for the sadness and loss. I was a better person for the experience of knowing her.
Tip #4: Know that Emotional Risk is Worth It
Emotional risk is often difficult to deal with when someone decides to move overseas, but without it, life would lack passion and depth. The ability to experience fully is worth the price we pay, even if it is feeling sad or lonely.
Tip #5: Get Ready for the Future
If you have friends and people you care about in your life, then dealing with loss is inevitable. We live in a time where people move a lot. Even though this is difficult, it is better than the alternative of not having friends or family we care about at all.
Feeling sad is perfectly natural and understandable. We all want to have more pleasure and less pain. Many have argued that these are core ingredients of being a human being. When someone you love leaves, it might mean that you need to take time for a retreat and to be gentle toward yourself during this time. You are likely preparing for the new to come in.
Soon it will be time to rekindle old relationships and to find new ones. While you are preparing, get involved with something that you find meaningful and create new bonds. When an old friend or lover leaves, it makes room for a new one. This will help when you begin to move overseas.
