I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
ANNE LAMOTTI don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
ANNE LAMOTTNo is a complete sentence.
ANNE LAMOTTHope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.
ANNE LAMOTTI think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe.
ANNE LAMOTTTo love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.
ANNE LAMOTTHere are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.
ANNE LAMOTTA good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.
ANNE LAMOTTCreative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty.
ANNE LAMOTTI was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. And when it’s over, it’s over.
ANNE LAMOTTI do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
ANNE LAMOTTBut grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.
ANNE LAMOTTFaith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
ANNE LAMOTTLove is so much bigger than our ignorance.
ANNE LAMOTTPay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
ANNE LAMOTTI don’t remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.
ANNE LAMOTTWhen faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
ANNE LAMOTT