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I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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What if we gave fifty percent of our discretionary budget to the world’s poor and then counted on the moral power of that action to protect us?
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Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.
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My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.
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I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is.
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I do believe that God is with us even when we're at our craziest and that this goodness guides, provides, and protects.
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The movement of grace toward gratitude brings us from the package of self-obsessed madness to a spiritual awakening.
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No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.
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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.
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He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.
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A priest friend of mine has cautioned me away from the standard God of our childhoods, who loves you and guides you and then, if you are bad, roasts you: God as a high school principal in a gray suit who never remembered your name but is always leafing unhappily through your files.
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Sometimes Heaven is just a new pair of glasses.
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This is the Easter message, that awakening is possible, to the goodness of God, the sacredness of human life, the sisterhood and brotherhood of all.
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I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven.
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I can tell you that what you're looking for is already inside you.
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Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.
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Jealousy has always been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed.
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My deepest belief is that to live as if we're dying can set us free. Dying people teach you to pay attention and to forgive and not to sweat the small things.
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Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.
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That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.
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I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
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