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This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.

Anne Lamott

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline. But also every single day a kid needs a break.
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Break Children Day Discipline Myself Need
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.
ANNE LAMOTT

Experience Grace Resolution Strength Wind Yourself
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
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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God Himself Impossible Start Wonderful
You 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.
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Assumption God Hate Image People Safety Yourself
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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Law Myself Reminder Right Spirit
I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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Inspirational Motivational Myself Yourself
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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Miracle Morning Night Wake Up
Laughter is carbonated holiness.
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Holy Laughter One Liner
My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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Alone Mindset Myself Try
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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Dangerous Meaning People Stand Stay Warm Wind World
Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Best Help Prayer Thankful
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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Earth Light Myself Present Sun
Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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Animal Creation Oneself Perfection
Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we’re invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.
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Invitation Prayer Relationship Silence Unique
You can either practice being right or practice being kind.
ANNE LAMOTT

Choice Kindness Practice Right Yourself

This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.

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