Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
ANNE LAMOTT
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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.
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I don’t remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.
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So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
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Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
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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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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm?
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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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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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I’m human, you’re human, let me greet your humanness. Let’s be people together for a while.
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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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Expectations are resentments under construction.
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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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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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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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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.
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