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What does it mean?
When guests leave, wish them well and let them go without clinging to the past.
In plain terms
Let guests depart peacefully by wishing them well and not dwelling on their leaving.
What can you take from it?
Honor departures with grace and move forward.

Where it applies

  • endings
  • sayings goodbye

Putting it to work

  • wish others well as they leave
  • avoid clinging to the past

Questions to consider

  • How do you say goodbye to what is ending?
  • Can you let go with grace?

Another view

Sometimes people need to be held back for care or safety.

More from Rabindranath Tagore

  1. Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. ~ 45

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  2. The wise man warns me that life is but a dewdrop on the lotus leaf. ~ 46

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  3. My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes. ~ 31

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