Richard Carlson (1961–2006) Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker
Source: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life
“To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.”
"In Blackwater Woods"
American Primitive (1983)
Source: New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
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“Is love stronger when it let's go or when it holds on?”
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