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Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Light
Discomfort
Returns
Includes
Emptiness
Letting
Mess
Return
Faith
Noticing

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