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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.

Anne Lamott

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.
ANNE LAMOTT

God Himself Impossible Start Wonderful
Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
ANNE LAMOTT

Big Ignorance Love Ourselves
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.
ANNE LAMOTT

God Need Water Woman Yourself
Your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young, all the ages you’ve ever been.
ANNE LAMOTT

Age Heart Old Person Soul Young Yourself
Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.
ANNE LAMOTT

Dance Floor Mountain Prayer Religious
Radical 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.
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Atmosphere Gift Self Care
Joy is the best makeup.
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Best Happiness Joy Make Up One Liner
What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
ANNE LAMOTT

Difference God Thinking Yourself
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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Delicate Heart Myself Soul Stand Thinking
Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
ANNE LAMOTT

Failure Follow Instruction Rule
Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
ANNE LAMOTT

Dance Judgement Right Yourself
I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
ANNE LAMOTT

Inspirational Motivational Myself Yourself
Hope 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 LAMOTT

Beginning Hope Right Work Yourself
I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier.
ANNE LAMOTT

Carry Death Easy Greatness Life Mom Ourselves
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
ANNE LAMOTT

Better People Story Warm Writing Yourself
Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
ANNE LAMOTT

Attention Beautiful Pay Surround Yourself

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