How to say goodbye

While on vacation I saw a table of three people next to our table who seemed to be good friends. When it was time for one of them to leave they had a goodbye ritual that just captured my attention even provoked me to go ask what it all meant. 

First they hugged so that their heads moved to the right. They told me they lean that way first because "we lead with our hearts." They hold that embrace for as long as it takes to breathe together a single breath. The next step is to hug and breath on the other side. Finally, they would touch foreheads (their third eye) and breathe one more breath together. Finally, they would say "Namasté" which translated as "I bow to you" and depart.

It all took about 20 seconds but it was the most intimate goodbye I have ever witnessed and it made me think about how saying goodbye it really a sacred moment that is often overlooked. 

A hug and saying "goodbye" is about the extent of goodbyes in my life. But what would it look like to reclaim the sacredness of saying goodbye to someone? And how difficult is it in our time to make goodbyes more intimate? 

It was clear to me watching these people say goodbye that they seemed to understand they may not see one another again and so they sealed their time together with a sacred moment. 

Do you have any goodbye rituals?

4 years and still chugging along - Thanks

After taking time away from writing and all things internet related, I come back to write once again on an anniversary.

Today marks the fourth year since I have kept this blog.

On this day in the past I have posted up some of the numbers of this blog (how many read, subscribe, visit, etc.) in order to share with you a sense of how many others are like you. For instance, the average person spends just over one minute and eight-teen seconds on this blog. Which is no Facebook, but the fact that you would spend any amount of time on this little blog is humbling.



Because of your readership, currently I have an Klout score of about a 46. Klout is a new tool that I have just begun to engage in order to assess if I should work to expand. If this score holds for a bit, then I have plans to expand and give away some freebies.

Looking ahead, the next posts will look at:
How to say goodbye
Shrimp and rainbows keeping us humble
Why we need to interrupt people
The greatest expression of freedom
Why passion is not enough for faith

Thank you for reading and commenting and giving me encouragement to continue to try to work out how to be the change.

Hiatus

Going to take a bit of a writing hiatus and thank you for reading. I will be back writing next week as I take a bit of a blogging Sabbath.

Thanks for reading, take this chance to read something else.

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