Anne Lamott

The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me away. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#grief #faith

...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#love #faith

So how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such a large part of what it means to be human? I'm not sure. That's my answer: I'm not sure. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#journalism

My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#life

Forgiveness is having given up all hope of having had a better past. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#forgiveness

Hope is not about proving anything. It’s about choosing to believe this one thing: that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith

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. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#christianity #god #nature #trinity #faith

[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68) ↗

— Anne Lamott

#buddhism #desire #grief #love #suffering

It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being with his huge trusting brown eyes. It's like bitch-slapping E.T. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith

In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith