Depart

Here we are at dictionary day again. Today my finger fell on the word “depart.”
Actually that makes a pleasant change, as often my finger falls on some obscure word.  I need to chase up its meaning and learn heaps to sound like I know what I am talking about.
I am familiar with depart as it is something I and everyone does.  Sometimes it is just departing from one room into another.  Other times and this is the one I thought of immediately, I depart from some event.  Or as is often the case, people depart from being here.  Happens all the time. In fact I can confidently say it is the reason no one is here right now besides Merril and I.  It is all because others departed.
We will see our billet again today.  He had departed to spend a few days with those from his country.  He will be back again today.
When Merril and I depart from church today we are going to a friend of ours place for lunch.  Others are going to, and it will be a great chance to get to know them better.  There will come a time though when Merril and I depart from there, to or as the dictionary says ,“to take ones leave.”  Yeah ok I would not put it that way.  More like “make tracks.”
The dictionary also refers to “die” in relation to depart.  Sort of a full stop that one.  I know when people go it is not like they are back at 10 or something.  I guess the important thing is I have got all my stuff and I am ready to depart when I depart.
There are many things I can depart from.  Mostly it is seen to be a good thing to “depart on a journey.”  It was bittersweet to “depart from a job.”  I really thought when I had the operation to remove the mass I would be back at work in a few days.  I never went back.
In many things departing or the end of something is better than its beginning.  At least when something comes to an end I can see if it was effective or not.  Finishing up often gives me a chance to start again if I should.
Whatever the case, I actually think concluding one thing to begin another is often sort of a relief.  I am a big believer in that it is not just the destination that matters, but the journey.  It seems not to matter what I am doing departing is inevitable.