What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
ANNE LAMOTTI do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.
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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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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
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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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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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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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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 think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe.
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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.
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Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
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Laughter is carbonated holiness.
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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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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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