I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the last twenty-five years, that there’s something to be said about keeping prayer simple. Help, Thanks, Wow.
ANNE LAMOTTRadical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, “Well, isn’t she full of herself,” smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.
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The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.
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Hope begins in the dark.
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Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.
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A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn’t protect itself and it doesn’t hide. It stands out, like a baby’s fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.
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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
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Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.
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This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.
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We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
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How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.
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You can either practice being right or practice being kind.
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