Little specks of salvation

“What is the feeling when you’re driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? It’s the too huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” — Jack Kerouac

If I had the choice of knowing when to say goodbye and being forced to say goodbye, I’d easily pick the first. Because then my plans would be solidified and stable. But talking with friends lately (some of whom have been laid off, others who are bracing for it), I’ve started to realize that an unexpected goodbye could be just what you need to open the way for something you’d never thought or prepared for. And while that sounds incredibly scary for a planner like me, it’s also reassuring that even when you’re not working on your own terms, things will eventually fall into place, and perhaps in a completely different way than you expected. And life may be all the better for it.