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Letting go

Posted by Claudia Moser on 2:03 PM in ,


“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Herman Hesse

“One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.” – Michael Cibenko

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis

“We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily–we do not need to learn it.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu



P.S. This is inspired by this week's entry from the Fun with Blogging Group!

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5 Comments


@Karen - so true, hard to do!


I love that first quote, it's so so true.


@Sarah - true, but so often valid :(

Anonymous says:

Love the quotes. Great post.


@Diana - thank you, it was a nice post!

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