Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
ANNE LAMOTTSometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner’s manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage.
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A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.
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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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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.
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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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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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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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But 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.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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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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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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Creative 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.
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Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.
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