Necessity of Goodbye

The word penetrated my brain like the pencil the Joker carried around.  It is the word no one wants to hear and everyone has said.  "Goodbye".  What a powerful word.  It is definite yet ambiguous at the same time.  A paradox that penetrates deeply.  Cuts quickly and far to often.  I have realized that this word must be spoken in order to say "Hello".  God calls us to him.  Us alone.  We can not bring our baggage, our relationships.  The door is just big enough for one! A lone person with open arms.  Nothing else to distract.  It is only after we say "Goodbye" to everything and everyone else that we can say "Hello" to God.  the "baggage" that we carry is not necessarily bad.  it is most often something very good.  We are called to be mirrors of Christ.  We can not bare his reflection until we are wiped clean of everything else.  Most often times a blemish on our mirror is caused by something good.  Do not be afraid to say "Goodbye", "Hello" will quickly follow.