The Good Goodbye

Nobody really likes goodbye.  It's so final in its respect to moving on.  Unless it's like a "see you later" kind of goodbye.  We usually don't even include the "good" part of goodbye.  It's more like "Yup.  Love you too, buh bye."  Or just simply, bye.

But what about that good?  Goodness.  The news lately its littered with bad.  Little good, lots of bad.  Forget the news though, what about your life?  Is it littered with good?  Or bad?  Is your life full?  Or empty?  When was the last time you looked at yourself in the mirror and said "Why, yes, it's good.  I'm good."  With that, have you ever REALLY considered what the phrase "I'm good" truly means?  Are you good?
Which good?

The word 'good' in the English language is one loaded little word.  There are so many ways it can be used, and with that, the definitions of each use are not limited.
So?
Let's begin with the first.  To be desired, or approved of.  Two?  Possessing or displaying moral virtue.  Three.  Enjoyable, pleasant.  Four.  Thorough.  Then the nouns!  Morally righteous; benefit or advantage; merchandise.
And of course the classic.  "I'm not good, I'm well, thank you very much."
....English language snobs....

Like I said, loaded word.  So what's the point.  When you say, "I'm good."  What do you mean?  Imagine that mirror now.  Do you feel the need to be approved of?  Do you feel your moral compass is solid?  Are you enjoying life?  Is it beneficial for you?  Are you good merchandise?
Are you all of the above?
When you say "I'm good" you are saying, "I approve of me, I'm moving forward with conviction and a strong moral code of compassion.  I am not broken, I do not need others to tell me who I am, because I am, quite simply, good."

Now for the bye.  Life tends to litter our souls.  We don't always do it on purpose, but we do tend to pick up random pieces of trash as we move along our path.  It could be simple things.  The nagging thoughts of negativity.  The jeering ways of judgment.  The callousness of removing charity and turning a blind eye.
The worst one?
Forgetting that we are good.

Sometimes, the mirror will show us something that is clinging to our goodness, and sucking the light out of it.  We often ignore it, thinking that time will fix it.  Or worse?  We assume we must deal with it simply because it is there.
To this I say no.
Remove it.

It is time to remember when it is good to say goodbye so that we can be good.  Sometimes it is okay to let go of something intrinsic; or even someone.
Sometimes we have to.
Sometimes the goodness inherent within our very nature is screaming to be set free.  It doesn't want to be told how, or where, or why it needs to be; it just wants to be.
It wants you to remember it is there.
It's a part of you.
It is you.

You.
You just need to be.
Exist.

Because you are good.
And the world needs you.