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.
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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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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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.
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What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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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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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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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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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
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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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I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier.
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Expectations are resentments under construction.
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You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town.
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