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 LAMOTTAgain 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 LAMOTTA 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.
ANNE LAMOTTYou can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
ANNE LAMOTTYou 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.
ANNE LAMOTTSometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.
ANNE LAMOTTIf we stay where we are, where we’re stuck, where we’re comfortable and safe, we die there… When nothing new can get in, that’s death.
ANNE LAMOTTJoy is the best makeup.
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 LAMOTTDon’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
ANNE LAMOTTChurches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.
ANNE LAMOTTForgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
ANNE LAMOTTYou own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
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 LAMOTTAnd as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
ANNE LAMOTTWhen faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
ANNE LAMOTTI’m human, you’re human, let me greet your humanness. Let’s be people together for a while.
ANNE LAMOTT