Recently, it has felt as if I have said "goodbye" to a great many things.  I'm not so great at goodbyes.  I like for them to be quick and painless.  However, it does not always turn out this way.  There are times when I simply know that what I have "known" is comfortable, but is no longer serving my highest good.  It comes in many forms --- foods, behaviors, outgrown dreams, relationships and previously thrilling desires.  For me, when goodbye comes, it leaves me with a bit of an empty feeling because I wonder what will fill its place.  I have learned that the more consciously I fill the space with something of my choosing, the better it is for me --- thoughts of things that inspire, lift, motivate, illuminate, etc.  Conscious or not, something comes in to fill empty spaces.  As the saying goes, "Space abhors a vacuum."  Clean out your closet and you'll find that a year later, the closet needs cleaning out again.  It is simply how things work.  You clean out a space in your life and you make space for something new.  2009 saw a lot of saying "goodbye."  2010 is bringing much that is new.  Though there can be melancholy in it, I am thankful for goodbye.  It makes room for so much to enter into my life that is new and exciting and more in alignment with who I am at this moment.