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It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can't close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Nature
Opens
Need
Rhythm
Needs
Seasons
Heart
Flower
Long
Close
Closes
Open
Rhythms
Night
Respectful
True
Sunlight

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