Saying Goodbye To People We Love

Our society has taught us to grieve and mourn when our loved ones leave us. It’s taught us that if we can’t see, touch or hear that person anymore, they’re no longer with us. And it’s taught us that it’s a loss. If we look at it from a deeper perspective, though, the love we feel for someone isn’t just about their physical body. We love their soul. If we carry that love for them in our hearts, they will always be with us. They’re never truly gone. We simply are no longer able to experience their physical presence. But saying goodbye to people we love doesn’t have to involve grief and sorrow. We can leave our loved ones with love and gratitude for the life and experiences we shared with them.

Saying goodbye to people we love when they crossed over was once a celebrated occasion because they got to return to their natural form. They completed what they came here to do and it was time for them to leave. We are not humans having a spiritual experience but rather, spiritual beings having a human experience. We come here to learn and grow and when we have done that we return to our natural state. That should be celebrated. The loss and separation and differentiation we feel in this existence is only temporary. It doesn’t exist in the spiritual realm. Whether our loved one has returned to their spirit form or is still here but not in our lives, we can celebrate the joy and love and life they brought to us. We can celebrate the myriad of ways we grew and expanded because of their presence in our life. At the same time, we can accept that our purpose together has been filled and it’s time for each of us to move to the next stage of our being.

The hardest thing I have ever had to do is to give my permission to my dying child to let go. There are no words to describe how painful that was. After doing it though, I too was able to let go and felt an overwhelming sense of peace. Peace in knowing that although she wouldn’t be a part of my life the way I was used to, she would absolutely still be with me and our bond would be just as strong as it had always been. No amount of time or space can change that unless I let it. We have the ability to connect with others on many different levels. Society has taught us to only focus on the physical level but when we choose to focus on the spiritual level, our loved ones are still very much with us.

See related posts: Letting People Go and Letting Go

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