It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a fe…

Anne Lamott
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It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as possible. All of us lurch and fall, sit in the dirt, are helped to our feet, keep moving, feel like idiots, lose our balance, gain it, help others get back on their feet, and keep going. ✨ Anne Lamott (2008). Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, p.36, Penguin
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