There is magic in every farewell

But who really likes goodbyes? They are often associated with pain, letting go with a certain heaviness, and starting anew with uncertainty and fear. We often have to laboriously separate ourselves from what we love, have to leave something familiar behind and move into an uncertain future.

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Many people experience little magic, especially when a new beginning is forced, to stimulate and motivate them to discover new things. If the farewell is still heavy on your heart, your view of the future is clouded. For example, if a loved one has died, the first thing to go through is the grieving process. When a long-term relationship and marriage breaks up, familiar structures collapse, the lifelong dream of a shared future evaporates, everything has to be rearranged, responsibilities have to be redistributed – this costs energy and often makes you sad and tired. If the company is restructured and I lose my job and have to start all over again, then that ties up a lot of energy. There can be no talk of the magic of a new beginning.

Our existence is usually riddled with such disruptions that disrupt the flow of life and force us to pause. The experience of having to say goodbye is sometimes hard. They need time to process. At the same time, however, they challenge us to come to terms with the past. And in order to reorient ourselves, we first have to look for other perspectives.

I am always amazed at the unexpected strengths (resilience) people develop when they have to endure great stress, when they have to make difficult transitions and take life into their own hands. Looking back, they often wonder where they got their strength from – but it was there!

It is helpful if we are not alone in such a situation: if we have friends who can listen, if we perhaps get professional outside help through counseling. Advice centers such as BEZIEHUNGLEBEN.AT support people in precisely this activation of positive life forces. Faith can also be a source of support in such times.

Farewell and new beginnings always require all of our energy – letting go requires practice and starting over requires patience, perseverance and a lot of trust in the good. It is and remains a secret that apparently death is life, the end is the new beginning, and farewell is the start and the next step. That’s why there’s magic in saying goodbye. There are many examples of this! At the beginning of the year, I wish all of us this trust in the good powers of life.

Mysticism and Spirit appears in cooperation between OÖNachrichten and the Catholic Church in Upper Austria.

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