Affirmations for leaving/saying goodbye. ..

limelight · #1 25-01-2017, 12:57 AM

I'm trying to come up with some affirmations to help me through these next few days where Im feeling anxiety/sadness around leaving my family to go back home.
I visit my family overseas in the UK every year for a few weeks and I have a really nice time seeing them. I'm very very close with my family so when it comes time to leave and say goodbye I find it really hard emotionally. I feel the dread days before I even leave. I find the last day the most difficult and go to the airport on my own rather than have my mom take me because I know it will be even harder sitting through a car journey with her. It's a tough situation because i would love to live closer/in the same country as them but I don't want to live back in the UK again...

I want to enjoy my last few days here and to get through the sadness of saying goodbye easier and more gently this time.

I've thought about maybe reminding myself of things I'm looking forward to at home?. I think it would be good to have an affirmation I can use when I'm feeling the sadness/anxious/aching (sounds very dramatic! )
I've had a great time and spent real quality time with everyone and should cherish the wonderful moments I've had. I also try to remind myself that while I do love being with my family and friends, I don't need to rely on being around them to be happy and content because I will always have myself and I'm my own best friend!. And to be mindful and present in each moment, not looking forward or back.

So I'm trying to put these thoughts into something more compact that I can say to myself and use when I need a bit of help. Ideas?

<3

Glacier Serenade · #2 25-01-2017, 05:31 PM

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I've thought about maybe reminding myself of things I'm looking forward to at home?

Good idea

I could also suggest:

Remembering that they are still happy, and that knowing this would (should) keep you happy also,
That you can always return to them again, whether it's soon or in several years, it most likely WILL happen,
You can contact them by phone/internet/post etc. when you like if you miss them

Faith33 · #3 26-01-2017, 08:47 AM

Hi, limelight...
I can truly empathize with you here, being that I have been greeting (crazy with joy) and saying goodbye ( in utter sadness) for half my life now and had to live through it again just a short while ago.
What I find works best for me is saying, "It doesn't matter where we're scattered around this big old world, as long as we're healthy, we'll be able to hold eachother again sooner than later." May God bless us all.

Be thankful for the quality time spent and memories created, rather than wasting energy on grief. It truly does help.
Hugs to you... it'll be alright.