HOTEL NOVOTEL - CHARLES de GAULLE AIRPORT
Leaving places I love is always difficult. Leaving people I love, even more difficult. Becoming attached inherently invites melancholy, pain, and deep bouts of sadness when separation occurs .. voluntarily or involuntarily there is angst. This is the nature of life. The closer we attach ourselves to one another, or that special place, the more traumatic "bidding adieu" inevitably becomes .. equal parts pain for equal parts joy .. a very real portion of the human experience.
Of course we all realize the pain of separation is momentary and actually serves the higher purpose of enhancing our next encounter .. but the immediate pain is real, and "until we meet again" is the heartbroken refrain of departure we should never suffer to experience. This is the pain I felt while standing outside my hotel at Charles de Gaulle airport, on a beautiful summer evening, at the end of my most recent visit to France.
The photograph above is sadness and loneliness epitomized. Void of any friend's face or any hope for a "great day" tomorrow .. that stark scene says it all. Three o'clock in the morning and silent, except for the occasional roar of jet engines .. a not so subtle reminder that I fly away in just hours.
My thoughts are mine ... and I know you have your thoughts when this situation appears. It smothers us like a black cloud and envelopes every memory of happiness, frivolity, and joy cherished from the past weeks or months in this place we adore .. this place we cannot bear leaving in the early morning. There seems to be no remedy .. nothing to save us from the overwhelming fog of despair. We are mentally severed, like a small child being pulled away screaming from his favorite pastime before he is completely "filled" by the experience.
Oh my, look what I've done! I've managed to paint a negatively poignant picture, void of any hope or preview of positivity to come.
Of course we all realize the pain of separation is momentary and actually serves the higher purpose of enhancing our next encounter .. but the immediate pain is real, and "until we meet again" is the heartbroken refrain of departure we should never suffer to experience. This is the pain I felt while standing outside my hotel at Charles de Gaulle airport, on a beautiful summer evening, at the end of my most recent visit to France.
The photograph above is sadness and loneliness epitomized. Void of any friend's face or any hope for a "great day" tomorrow .. that stark scene says it all. Three o'clock in the morning and silent, except for the occasional roar of jet engines .. a not so subtle reminder that I fly away in just hours.
My thoughts are mine ... and I know you have your thoughts when this situation appears. It smothers us like a black cloud and envelopes every memory of happiness, frivolity, and joy cherished from the past weeks or months in this place we adore .. this place we cannot bear leaving in the early morning. There seems to be no remedy .. nothing to save us from the overwhelming fog of despair. We are mentally severed, like a small child being pulled away screaming from his favorite pastime before he is completely "filled" by the experience.
Oh my, look what I've done! I've managed to paint a negatively poignant picture, void of any hope or preview of positivity to come.
"Get over it" !
You know damn well everything's gonna' be all right. You know the minute your plane lifts off you are already thinking about all the good stuff on the other end of this flight .. you are already excited about planning the next flight .. you are already reliving the joys of the last flight .. you are already looking forward to new food on the other end, and you are already looking forward to sharing stories with people you love, about people you love, and those special places where you love them. So ...
"Get over it" !
Smile, dear reader, Smile .. You are an Ambassador. You are carrying the hope of our world with you. With every personal sadness at departure .. smile .. in the knowledge your pain is a direct indication of the love and good will you created and left behind with those people you adore .. and it will be there next time, better because of your actions this time.
I love you, Travelers. You are the future of mankind .. spreading the truth of humanity far and wide .. cultivating the hearts of men, women, and children the world over. You realize the importance and obligation of worldwide interaction .. and I'm certain deep within your souls is implanted the intense fire of hope. I'm also certain anyone who questions the expenditure of your last resource on a plane ticket, or the decision to take off on a whim when your heart says "Go" is most assuredly going to hear a laughingly, lovingly stated ...
I love you, Travelers. You are the future of mankind .. spreading the truth of humanity far and wide .. cultivating the hearts of men, women, and children the world over. You realize the importance and obligation of worldwide interaction .. and I'm certain deep within your souls is implanted the intense fire of hope. I'm also certain anyone who questions the expenditure of your last resource on a plane ticket, or the decision to take off on a whim when your heart says "Go" is most assuredly going to hear a laughingly, lovingly stated ...
"Get over it" !
from Kauai to Paris ... and all places between
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Happy Trails et Bon Voyage,
Bill
from Kauai to Paris ... and all places between
________________
Happy Trails et Bon Voyage,
Bill
FROM MY ROOM AT SHERATON GATEWAY LAX - HEADED TO KAUAI FROM PARIS .. WITH A SMILE
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