Leaving on a jet plane

In our age and culture, we are accustomed to people around us moving to another country to work. Every time someone leaves us, we feel a sense of loss, as we know that when they are not physically present with us, our relationship with them may change. Even though technology is advanced with the advent of emails and online messaging, there is a difference between someone physically beside you and someone who is far away in another place using technological means of communication. Technology can only bring people to a certain level, but true closest is having people around you who are experiencing what you are going through, as opposed to someone who is only receiving a report of what has happened. That is why whenever someone close to me leave to work or live in another place, I feel a sense of loss as I know that my relationship with that person may change as a result.

What is most tragic is the fact that each relationship with a person is unique and no other person can actually replace any relatioship that has been tainted due to the absence of physical contact.