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Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

Book by Maggie Smith · 8 quotes · Grief, Living, Emotions

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“Stop calling your heart broken; your heart works just fine. If you are feeling--love, anger, gratitude, grief--it is because your heart is doing its work. Let it.”

Feelings Heartbreak Emotions Hearts Broken Hearts

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“Don't wait for your life to magically come together--it's your work to do. Every day, every moment, you are making your life from scratch. Today, take one step, however small, toward creating a life you can be proud of.”

Life Moving Work Living Moving Forward

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“Close the gap between yourself and your spirit--the person you know you can be. Let your choices reflect the person you want to become, not just the person you think you are.”

Soul Spirit Change Personality Evolution Becoming Evolving

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“It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are. Be wary of those who don't want you to change or grow. Grow anyway--there is no alternative.”

Life Soul Growth Growing Personality Living

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“A silver lining of being alone is being with someone you can trust, someone you respect and understand. You can let your guard down when you're by yourself. You can give yourself permission to live your authentic life, without apology. You can love yourself in a way that no one else can.”

Love Solitude Living Being Alone

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“Fight the urge to withdraw, to fold in on yourself, as if your pain is contagious and might infect someone else. We are here to take care of one another; the care is what's catching, spreading person to person to person. So take--and give--care.”

Care Pain Loss Grief Caring Withdrawal

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“Do not be ashamed of the intensity of your emotion. That's your humanity. Grief can be feral, wild, frightening. Give it a safe place to live.”

Feelings Grief Emotions

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“Everything is temporary. You can't keep a white-knuckled hold on what you love or on what has hurt you. Loosen your grip on your grief today, if only a bit.”

Love Hurt Grief Holding On

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