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When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason they write so very little. But we do. We have so much we want to say and figure out.
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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air.
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Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.
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Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.
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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.
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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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