7 Quotes & Sayings By Mary Manin Morrissey

Mary Manin Morrissey is the author of seven books of poetry, including the recent collection The World Doesn't End. She is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. She teaches creative writing at New York University and has won many awards for her work.

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Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today? Mary Manin Morrissey
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True abundance is not about gathering more things it's about touching the place in us that is connected to the divine source of abundance so that we know what we need in the moment will be provided. Mary Manin Morrissey
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Deep down, I know that I am a child of God who has inherited divine capacities; some of them I strive to develop, others are left languishing. I also have a human side. I lose my temper, lose patience and sometimes judge others and myself. Mary Manin Morrissey
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Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God. Mary Manin Morrissey
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Have you ever struggled to find work or love, only to find them after you have given up? This is the paradox of letting go. Let go, in order to achieve. Letting go is God's law. Mary Manin Morrissey
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You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. Mary Manin Morrissey