Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.
ANNE LAMOTTIf 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.
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Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
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When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.
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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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Joy is the best makeup.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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Creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty.
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Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.
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No is a complete sentence.
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So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
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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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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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I didn’t need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees.
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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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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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