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I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe.

Anne Lamott

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.
ANNE LAMOTT

Age Heart Old Person Soul Young Yourself
This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.
ANNE LAMOTT

Children Forget Lose Mindset Time Yourself
Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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Divine Dog Forever Side
Hope begins in the dark.
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Beginning Darkness Hope
I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.
ANNE LAMOTT

Earth Light Myself Present Sun
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.
ANNE LAMOTT

Be Yourself Love Miracle Seek
Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.
ANNE LAMOTT

Best Help Prayer Thankful
A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.
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Better Deal End Goodness Marriage People Yourself
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.
ANNE LAMOTT

God Need Water Woman Yourself
How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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Beginning Decision Simplicity Yourself
Expectations are resentments under construction.
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Construction Expectation Regret
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.
ANNE LAMOTT

Children Healing Hold People Scary Yourself
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.
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Break Children Day Discipline Myself Need
The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
ANNE LAMOTT

Difficult Enlightenment Forget Road Yourself
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 LAMOTT

Believe God Myself Prayer
Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.
ANNE LAMOTT

Big Ignorance Love Ourselves

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