Sometimes, when we lose someone dear, someone we love, all we are left with are our emotions. We choose how we deal with the seemingly never-ending pain. There are a few things that have proved therapeutic for many people, and they all have to do with expressing our emotions no matter what.
Whether it’s writing, painting, dancing or singing, we need more of these healing activities. When our friends and family support won’t do, these will. It can also be about reading or escaping to imaginary lands. Here are some powerful quotes about loss that will hopefully ease your pain.
#1
Sometimes the only closure you need is the understanding that you deserve better. Trent Shelton
#2
Let it all go. See what stays.
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#3
Be strong enough to let go and patient enough to wait for what you deserve.
#4
This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something. Elizabeth Gilbert
#5
Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.
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#6
Accept the fact that you will grow apart from people you’ve had significant relationships with. Understand when someone no longer positively affects your life. Let them go. Don’t hinder your growth.
#7
Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for. Mandy Hale
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#8
The person who doesn’t value you is blocking you from the one who will. Let them go. Robert Tew
#9
One bad chapter doesn’t mean your story’s over.
#10
A lesson for all of us is that for every loss, there is victory, for every sadness, there is joy, and when you think you’ve lost everything, there is hope. Geraldine Solon
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#11
Letting go may sound so simple, but rarely is it a one-time thing. Just keep letting go, until one day it’s gone for good.
#12
Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. Vicki Harrison
#13
It hurts to let go, but sometimes it hurts more to hold on.
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#14
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. Norman Cousins
#15
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss
#16
It’s better to let someone walk away from you than all over you.
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