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.
ANNE LAMOTTOr 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.
More Anne Lamott Quotes
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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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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
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Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
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I can tell you that what you’re looking for is already inside you.
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My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone.
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories.
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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 don’t know much, but I understand how entirely doomed I am without God.
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Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
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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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The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
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Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we’re invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.
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Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation.
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Hope begins in the dark.
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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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