Below are the best quotes we could find featuring mitch albom about letting go.
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Holding on to things only breaks your heart.
Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent... But detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it...You’re afraid of the pain, you’re afraid of the grief...
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In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.
Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else.
I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them—a mother’s approval, a father’s nod—are covered by moments of their own accomplishments.
Don’t cling to things because everything is impermanent.
Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.
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