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.
ANNE LAMOTTYour 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.
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Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
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What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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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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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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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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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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If we stay where we are, where we’re stuck, where we’re comfortable and safe, we die there… When nothing new can get in, that’s death.
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How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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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.
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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don’t think your way into becoming yourself.
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No is a complete sentence.
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You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town.
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