Life's lessons: Goodbye

My Plinky Prompt says, 
Describe the last difficult "goodbye" you said.

Every goodbye is difficult. There are no easy goodbyes. Just the thought of leaving without knowing if you will ever see again the people you love  is hard. There are goodbyes that are bearable, but there are also those that are too painful that no words can describe it.

I've said goodbye many times in my life. I've met a lot of people and have seen them come and go. I have left and been left behind. I have said goodbye as many times as I have said hello.

But which one is the most difficult?

It would be the goodbye that signified the end of my carefree days, the day I decided to leave Dumaguete and start working in Bacolod. That was a difficult goodbye. I did not want to leave. I have my future in front of me. I have friends I am so much attached to. I have responsibilities I want to fulfill and see to the end. I have a lot of plans and dreams. All those I had to leave behind.

The day I decided to leave, I not only said goodbye to the friends whom I loved like siblings, but I also said goodbye to everything I had ever dreamed of. I said goodbye to a bright future. I said goodbye to success. I said goodbye to all my dreams.

Two years after that painful goodbye, I look back and realize that although I did sacrifice a lot, it had been for the best. I don't regret the decision although I wish I was given a better choice. I am not sorry for that goodbye even though it was one of the most difficult things I had ever done in my life. That goodbye opened a lot of oppurtunities for me and it made me a better person.

Yes, goodbyes are painful but I always believe that there are better things waiting for every goodbye. Things always happen for a reason.