Goodbye 2019, I have to let you go.
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Updated 5 years ago,November 23, 2019
Goodbye 2019, Im ready to part with you.
It felt like yesterday when I first laid my eyes on you.
Flora Westbrook
You represented all my hopes and dreams of a better future.
You were the embodiment of all that I wanted to achieve.
You epitomized all the daring adventures, experiences, and ventures that I longed to partake.
You were the salvation I was hoping to lift me into the arms of sweet success.
I greeted you with exhilaration and elated joy.
You had been a whirlwind of an emotional ride and there was laughter as well as tears.
There were days when the frustration and disheartenment almost pushed me to the edge.
The heartbreaking days when hope eluded me and I was afraid to be stuck frozen in grief and devastation.
The relentless days that tested my patience and will-power not to give up and held on a little longer.
You were unpredictable in the torrent of change that rained upon me.
I was unprepared to be flung outside my comfort zone where the learning curve was steeper than I expected.
However, it was also the darkest days that I discovered a strength I never knew existed.
Im letting go of the untold stories, the unresolved closure, and the unsaid words.
I am accepting that we often dont get what we wanted and thats okay too.
Endings may be messy and changes are difficult to adapt.
Friends may drift apart and lovers can become strangers.
The successes and happiness of today may turn into a horrific tragedy of tomorrow.
What we have is this very moment.
What matters is how we rise up again after each fall.
What matters is how we face the challenges before us refusing to be defeated.
What tells the most is how were still here coping, surviving, and thriving the best we can.
Goodbye 2019, thank you for all your lessons.
Thank you for showing me how I can rise from the ashes.
Thank you for preparing me for the next decade.
Thank you for giving me hope that next year will be better.
