Such a painful word....but the end result is not always painful We usually mean to depart is to leave...but see the positive part of it Until it "leaves" its not going to "arrive" somewhere.. We associate "to depart" with people..meaning people leave..But if they leave they are going somewhere ..where they arrive So actually they are DePARTING on one end and arriving at the other...and when they DePART they leave a part of themselves as memories which make us remember them. So even if it means a loved one departing..it means they have arrived somewhere...so DePARTing is not always painful it is GAINful indeed...