My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
ANNE LAMOTTPrayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we’re invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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You are not your bank account, or your ambitiousness. You’re not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die. You’re not your collection of walking personality disorders. You are spirit, you are love.
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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
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I don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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I don’t remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.
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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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Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
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Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
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Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
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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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Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, “I hate you, God.” That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and maybe it is the first sincere thought you’ve had in months.
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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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This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.
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