At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure. There is nothing ever pretty in saying goodbye.
It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization is not a law of nature, but rather a process set in train by people.
It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.