The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is. ✨ Ral…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
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