I let all that anger and worry go because they don't belong to me any more than the future does. And I don't wanna feel them anyhow, because the truth is, whatever happens when this war ends, here and now, far from Richmond County, I'm freer than I've ever been. Teresa R. Funke
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James Baldwin writes, "I let all that anger and worry go because they don't belong to me any more than the future does. And I don't wanna feel them anyhow, because the truth is, whatever happens when this war ends, here and now, far from Richmond County, I'm freer than I've ever been." The quote above can be used as a motivational and inspirational saying with many different meanings and applications. This particular quote is telling us to stop thinking about what has happened in the past and not worrying about what might happen in the future. Instead it is letting go of those things that we can not change and focus on those things we can change.

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