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It is only through letting our heart break that we discover something unexpected: the heart cannot actually break, it can only break open. When we feel both our love for this world and the pain of this world-together, at the same time-the heart breaks out of its shell. To live with an open heart is to experience life full-strength.

John Welwood

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John Welwood
Age: 75 †
Born: 1943
Born: March 12
Died: 2019
Died: January 17
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Journalist
Psychotherapist
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