"Grief allows you to let go of something you have lost only when you begin to accept what you now have in its place. As our mind clings to the familiar, to our established expectations, we can become trapped in feelings of disappointment, confusion, anger, that create our own internal worlds of suffering."

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Source : Daniel J. Siegel (2010). “Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation”, p.6, Bantam

Daniel J. Siegel

#Letting Go Quotes #Disappointment Quotes #Grief Quotes

“It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed, you pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm, and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket I have is made of cashmere. So it's good.”
“To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.”
“Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of leaden rain clouds.”
“As a human being, I'm work in process.”
“The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture.”
“Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They're really not. They're just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It's that way everywhere.”
“Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.”
“I'm going to commune with God and I must be appropriately dressed!”

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