by then I'd figured out the gift of failure, which is that it breaks t…

Anne Lamott
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by then I'd figured out the gift of failure, which is that it breaks through all that held breath and isometric tension about needing to look good: it's the gift of feeling floppier. ✨ Anne Lamott (2000). Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Anchor
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by then I'd figured out the gift of failure, which is that it breaks through all that held breath and isometric tension about needing to look good: it's the gift of feeling floppier. ✨ Anne Lamott (2000). Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Anchor

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