The Door That Waits!!

When I was a child, my mother shared with me a lesson as tender as a lullaby, yet as lasting as time itself— “Never close the door immediately after someone steps out.”

At that age, I didn’t question it. I just followed her words, the way children do, believing in the quiet wisdom of their mothers.

Years passed. I grew up, forgot many lessons, but not this one. Even now, when someone leaves, I pause. I watch as they walk away, waiting until they are far enough before gently shutting the door—softly, so softly that the sound never reaches their ears.

Some goodbyes are easy, like closing a door behind a guest who will return. But some goodbyes carry a weight that stays. There are people we wish we could hold on to for just a little longer, people who leave behind echoes in the spaces they once filled. Yet time, relentless as ever, pulls them away from us. And so, we let go.

Even then, in those moments of parting, I still wait. Not to stop them—because some departures are unavoidable—but to see if they turn back, if their eyes hold a quiet yearning, a whisper of “Stay a little longer.!!”

And on those days, I don’t close the door at all. I simply stand there, watching them walk away, carrying with them a piece of my world!! Cheers!!