17 AUGUST, 2009
PARTING AND SUCH
Parting is like the snapping of a stretched rubber-band. You know that it will happen at a point, but it always appears abrupt when it happens. The joy of fond memories and the sadness of leaving the person who was instrumental in them create the ultimate bitter-sweet moment. How should we read the affair? What should we take away with us from the scene?
There is a reading lamp in my room. It helps brighten things
up before I head to sleep. If the lamp is turned the other way, if it no longer
meets me in the eye, there is still light reflected from the wall. Not the same
intensity, but enough brightness to sustain my activities. If the lamp is
turned off, there is darkness. If this was the only lamp in my whole life, the
transition would be shattering. Thankfully, we realize that as our mind is cast
back into the past and forward into the future, there are a few lamps in this
hypothetical room, some turned the other way, some turned off, and some slowly trailing
away – but together they keep things bright. The glow changes when any of them
fades but it also makes way for brighter prospects.
Parting can be of several degrees, like the fading luminosity
of lamps. And while there is a bitter element to it, the sweet part should not
be lost on us. The band only snaps after being stretched and there is much to
cherish during this course.
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