Expectations are resentments under construction.
ANNE LAMOTTI don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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And she is going to dance, dance hungry, dance full, dance each cold astonishing moment, now when she is young and again when she is old.
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Creative 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.
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You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town.
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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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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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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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I’m not going to change the way people think about me, but I can say you know what? I’m not going to carry that in my backpack.
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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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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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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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People help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we are saved.
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
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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.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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