Anne Lamott is an American novelist who is notable for her huge contribution to the field of literature. She is a prominent Christian author known and remembered for her autobiographical non-fiction books. I find her delightfully insightful and refreshingly down to earth.
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“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”
“It’s better to be kind than to be right.”
“Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.”
“The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.”
“If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.”
“Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides.”
“It’s good to do uncomfortable things. It’s weight training for life.”
“…most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.”
“I’m here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.”
“If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little.”
“And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.”
“Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.”
“There really is only today, although luckily that is also the eternal now.”
“Hello, Dearest. I’m so glad it’s you!” I’ve come to believe that this is how God feels when I pray, even at my least attractive.”
“We’re Easter people, living in a Good Friday world.”
“But where do we even start on the daily walk of restoration and awakening? We start where we are.”
“This is how we make important changes– barely, poorly, slowly.”
“Hallelujah that in spite of it all, there is love, there is singing, nature, laughing, mercy.”