Anne Lamott

The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate that, but it's the truth. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#always #faith #first #god #had

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#come #dark #dawn #do the right thing #give

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#found #grace #i #i do #leave

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#created #god #hates #image #out

These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#back #before #cry #days #get

The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#another #birthday #celebrating #only #part

The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#better #blown #gets #me #some

Summer nearly does me in every year. It's too hot and the light is unforgiving and the days go on way too long. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#does #every #go #hot #light

Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#change #i #i am #life #people

Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#coming #disappointments #end #ever #life