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On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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But easy's like, who cares? Easy's like, how much is easy going to get you?
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I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.
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I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.
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I don't write about the intimate details of my cousins and aunts and uncles, and my mother and my father because it's not right to, for me.
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