So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed. Anne Lamott More Quotes by Anne Lamott More Quotes From Anne Lamott You are not your bank account, or your ambitiousness. You're not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die. You're not your collection of walking personality disorders. You are spirit, you are love. Anne Lamott clay personality spirit 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. Anne Lamott sexy love-you inspiring Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity. Anne Lamott gratitude understanding joy When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility. Anne Lamott hardship faith wonderful We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about to be diagnosed with cancer. ... We want to teach you how to quiet the yammer ... how you can create comfort, inside and outside, how you can get warm, how you can feed yourself. And even learn to get through silence. ... There is a wilderness inside you, and a banquet. Both. [p. 253] Anne Lamott cancer silence comfort When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. Anne Lamott floats expectations sometimes ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. Anne Lamott imperfect moments people The movement of grace toward gratitude brings us from the package of self-obsessed madness to a spiritual awakening. Anne Lamott gratitude self spiritual Butterflies and birds are like one perfect teaspoon of creation. Anne Lamott butterfly perfect bird I just can't get over how much babies cry. I really had no idea what I was getting into. To tell you the truth, I thought it would be more like getting a cat. Anne Lamott cat baby ideas Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness Anne Lamott holiness laughter form Try to write in a directly emotional way, instead of being too subtle or oblique. Don't be afraid of your material or your past. Be afraid of wasting any more time obsessing about how you look and how people see you. Be afraid of not getting your writing done. Anne Lamott emotional writing past Radical self-care is what we've been longing for, desperate for, our entire lives-friendship with our own hearts. Anne Lamott compassion self heart The thing about light is that it really isn’t yours; it’s what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take it in, it fills your cup, and then you can give it off yourself. Anne Lamott shining light giving A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through. Anne Lamott heart baby inspirational ...[T]here should be a real sense of your imagination and your memories walking and woolgathering, tramping the hills, romping all over the place. Trust them. Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance. Anne Lamott real feet memories I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda. Anne Lamott giants secret trying Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you. Anne Lamott prayer helping two If you asked me, parents were supposed to affect the life of their child in such a way that the child grows up to be responsible, able to participate in life and in community. Anne Lamott growing-up community children When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved. Anne Lamott agree bigger mind
