Tourist ·
À Martine, qui va suivre son rêve européen.
There is an episode in the second season of Parks and Recreation (my fav comedy series) in which one main character describes a temporary love interest of the female protagonist in these words: He’s a tourist. He vacations in people’s lives, takes pictures, puts them in a scrapbook and moves on. All he’s interested in are stories.
He goes on to say that the guy is selfish, and that is why she doesn’t like him.
Well, what if we all learnt a little how to be selfish altruistic tourists to other people?
Very few relationships last forever. People will always come and go, in and out of our lives, as if in revolving doors: schoolmates, colleagues, friends, lovers, spouses, sometimes even parents and children. They will come. We will form bonds. We will take from them the most we can; we will give to them the most we can. We will fall apart. They will go. Then we will start from scratch with others.
Accept impermanence. Don’t strive to “stay in touch”. Let them go.