Goodbye to a Friend - Visitor's Story

by Anonymous
(California, USA)

Today I said goodbye to a friend. Not just any friend, but a friend that I had shared tremendously with over a number of years. Someone I opened my heart to, shared dreams, and one that took me to heightened special places I did not think were possible. One always hears there is someone for everyone out there. What you are not told is when to expect that someone, or how to plan for that someone. We are also not told that someone could come at a time in our lives when we least expected and that the relationship that would unfold would change our lives forever.

If, as we grow, we knew that this was a possibility, would we wait for that special someone or perhaps think we see that special someone in the path we choose? And, what if, later on in that path, you find you were wrong? Do you undue all that has occurred on your journey, no matter the hurt to those affected? What kind of person does it make you to not only your chosen one, but the one you wanted to choose?

In the end, the only one that is really hurt is you. The only regret you have is that you didn’t follow your heart. The hurt can’t go away because all you can do is imagine that someone with their new someone. Yes, there is always that possibility that your chosen one won’t choose you. They will abandon the path you were making together in search of their own path…a path they must take because your path was too long, too involved, too complicated.

What if, one day, your paths again cross? Will the memories be as vivid, the feeling as strong? Perhaps that’s the only hope we have. The hope for one day the chosen one will choose you. If not, we can go in peace for having lost love rather than to have never loved, or been loved, to that extreme. Good bye my friend. Love and be loved, and know that the love you shared will be with me all the days of my life.