Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamottis an American novelist and non-fiction writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth10 April 1954
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
intuition juicy rich
Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.
spiritual fuel path
On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight.
mistake fall kids
I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations, and our hearts get broken and out kids do scary things and our parents get old and don’t always remember to put pants on before they go out for a stroll. I don’t know why it’s not more like it is in the movies, why things don’t come out neatly and lessons can’t be learned when you’re in the mood for learning them, why love and grace often come in such motley packaging.
best-friendship disappoint ifs
Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.
laughter holiness form
Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness
christian believe terrible
I'm a terrible Christian and meditating is very hard for me, and I do it. I do it badly, like I do a lot of things. I believe in doing things badly.
faith hardship wonderful
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.
life sweet funny-life
What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.
hard-work wife age
Age has given me the gift of me; it just gave me what I was always longing for, which was to get to be the woman I've already dreamt of being. Which is somebody who can do rest and do hard work and be a really constant companion, a constant, tender-hearted wife to myself.
obstacles should hurdle
You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course.
gratitude joy understanding
Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.
baby dog children
Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow, wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down house! Look at that red sky!’ And the child points, and you look, and you see, and you start going, ‘Wow! Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!’ I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world – present and in awe.
health inspire sentences
No" is a complete sentence.
simple answers
How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.