When what we see catches us off guard, and when we write it as realistically and openly as possible, it offers hope. You look around and say, Wow, there's that same mockingbird; there's that woman in the red hat again. The woman in the red hat is about hope because she's in it up to her neck, too, yet every day she puts on that crazy red hat and walks to town. β¨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.101, Anchor
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- If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching. β¨ Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair. Book by Anne Lamott, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 29, β¦ βΆ
- ...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart. β¨ Anne Lamott (2008). Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, p.13, Penguin
- ...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much. β¨ Anne Lamott (2000). Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, p.190, Anchor
- I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this.
- And that almost everyone was struggling to wake up, to be loved, and not feel so afraid all the time. That's what the cars, degrees, booze, and drugs were about. β¨ Anne Lamott (2008). Grace (Eventual β¦ βΆ
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