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.
ANNE LAMOTTThe 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.
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We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it’s like they are holding the baby of you.
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Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
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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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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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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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Your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young, all the ages you’ve ever been.
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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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Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.
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