Saying goodbye….

Monday, 29 March 2010 10:05

And all the sudden it’s Monday morning: you’re a PhD….defense is over, adrenalin and endorphin levels back to normal, party is finished (you try to remember everything, luckily your friends have made pics…and unluckily they made movies as well ;-) ) and you realize there is less than two weeks left before your emigration to the United States of America. Time really flies….

Everything is arranged; paperwork, job, house, even the furniture. The only thing left is to say good bye. The most difficult thing of all. How to say good bye to all of your sweet friends and family? I decided not to…It’s a temporary thing and it’s like going away for a cool trip far away, right? O.K. a long trip far away…but anyway. Some of them will visit me, others will not but will meet me on Skype…I’ll be back to visit as well. And before you know it, I’ll be back again…after all 'Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.' (A. Gide)

Another quote made me realize this is just part of the deal…this is life (thanks to my dear friend MvdV):

'So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You have to keep the door open so they can come in! But it also means you have to let them go!'
JS Foe from 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'