Anne Lamott

The clipping said forgiveness meant that God is for giving, and that we are here for giving too, and that to withold love or blessings is to be completely delusional. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#meaning #prayer #trouble #life

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#insanity #parents #tragedy #faith

Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#innocence #writing #beauty

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'tgive up. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#hope #motivation #motivational

Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#love #personal-growth #spirituality #life

Mattie was in love with Daniel, of course; this was the X within the circle on her map: I love Daniel. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#love #love

Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#beauty #fear #freedom #lies #safe

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. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#comfort-zone #death #prayer #death

We can see Spirit made visible when people are kind to one another, especially when it's a really busy person, like you, taking care of a needy, annoying, neurotic person, like you. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#needs #self #spirit #business