I’m human, you’re human, let me greet your humanness. Let’s be people together for a while.
ANNE LAMOTTForgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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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You can either practice being right or practice being kind.
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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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Hope begins in the dark.
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Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, ‘Well, isn’t that fabulous? Because I need help too. So you go get that old woman over there some water, and I’ll figure out what we’re going to do about your stuff.
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One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline. But also every single day a kid needs a break.
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
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We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.
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Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.
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The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
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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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Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
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No is a complete sentence.
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I 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.
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