Friday, November 19, 2004

E: Missing you

In these days of goodbyes, the verb miss is mentioned more frequently than normal.

To miss comes from the Old English word missan and is defined by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary as “to discover the absence of”. My definition is “being sad for something by which you are not surrounded”.

I'm not the most "physically emotional" guy. What I mean by that is that I have a lot of feelings, which I can express, but I do not necessarily have everything visible or noticeable in the open/above the surface. I'm attached to a fair bit of people, whom I strongly care for and love.

On the whole my life is really good. I have been fortunate with my whereabouts, experiences, places I visited and people I've met. When I am not around the people closest to me, there are normally other incidents or individuals that can make my day and reassure me of the fact that I have a great time.

By dictionary definition I miss people all the time, around the clock. I’m highly aware of a lot of people that are absent from my presence. In my definition of missing though, if I can avoid missing someone, I'm glad. Often I can. I try always to focus on what I have here and now and not on what I do not have at present. Especially when I know I will meet people again, I'm just glad we have relations and that the absence is only temporarily for various reasons. Worrying or longing for a no-can't-have does not bring me joy. And regardless of how awesome I could think it would be to meet up with them, I am not sad.

Generally.

This is how I feel and does not make my close ones decrease in value to me (becoming anything but priceless that is).

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