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Hope begins in the dark.

Anne Lamott

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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Believe God Myself Prayer
Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.
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Dance Floor Mountain Prayer Religious
Never compare your insides to everyone else’s outsides.
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Compare Side Yourself
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.
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Delicate Heart Myself Soul Stand Thinking
How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.
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Beginning Decision Simplicity Yourself
Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
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Better Forgiveness Hope Past
I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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Inspirational Motivational Myself Yourself
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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Age Heart Old Person Soul Young Yourself
The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.
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Day Life Reason Tribe Work Yourself
Joy is the best makeup.
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Best Happiness Joy Make Up One Liner
When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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Breathe Kindness Prayer Reason
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.
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Earth Light Myself Present Sun
What’s the difference between you and God? God never thinks he’s you.
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Difference God Thinking 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
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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Carry Change Myself People Thinking
Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Best Help Prayer Thankful

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