Rosie [her teenage daughter] had a secret life now, was putting together her own tribe, finding her identity there, and it was great to see, and it hurt like hell.
Anne Lamottbutterflies were wind energy made visible.
Anne LamottThe speaker at the meeting, a blonde woman in a fine tailored suit, shared how alcoholism had stolen her own childhood, and had now come back for her child.
Anne LamottFor too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms.
Anne LamottTag: beauty body-image self-esteem-or-lack-thereof
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you.
Anne LamottHelp" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors. Years ago I wrote an essay that began, "Some people think that God is in the details, but I have come to believe that God is in the bathroom.
Anne LamottTag: inspirational spirituality prayer
Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away.
Anne LamottTag: insanity parents tragedy alzheimer-s
There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of them asked, "Why on our hearts, and not in them?" The rabbi answered, "Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your heart, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside.
Anne LamottTag: christianity scripture bible judaism
When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down.
Anne LamottTeenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.
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