Grace means you’re in a different universe from where you had been stuck, when you had absolutely no way to get there on your own.
ANNE LAMOTTI 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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I 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.
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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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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, “I hate you, God.” That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and maybe it is the first sincere thought you’ve had in months.
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The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.
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You are not your bank account, or your ambitiousness. You’re not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die. You’re not your collection of walking personality disorders. You are spirit, you are love.
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Hope begins in the dark.
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We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
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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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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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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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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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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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