Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamottis an American novelist and non-fiction writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth10 April 1954
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
mother doctors giving
I know that if I feel any deprivation or fear [about money], the solution is to give. The solution is to go find some mothers on the streets of San Raphael and give them tens and twenties and mail off another $50 to Doctors Without Borders to use for the refugees in Kosovo. Because I know that giving is the way we can feel abundant. Giving is the way that we fill ourselves up.... For me the way to fill up is through service and sharing and getting myself to give more than I feel comfortable giving.
prayer despair helping
The reason 'help' is such a great prayer is that God is the gift of desperation. When you're in despair, you're teachable.
fear drug incredibles
What an incredible drug fear is.
feet breathe left
Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe.
touching trying looks
There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or her best, but you can see what a mess they all really are.
revelations given materials
Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.
long people lines
I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don't know.
cat interesting crafts
...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable as bathing a cat.
thinking play miles
Maybe it's wishful thinking, this snaggly faith of mine, or maybe it's Miles Davis saying, Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
money interesting problem
If you have a problem you can solve by throwing money at it, you don't have a very interesting problem.
long lines remember
I was usually filled with a sense of something like shame until I'd remember that wonderful line of Blake's- that we are here to learn to endure the beams of love- and I would take a long deep breath and force these words out of my strangulated throat: "Thank you.
jobs prayer heart
Anything you say from your heart to God is a prayer. But "why" is rarely a useful question. When Job keeps asking God why he has had such loss and suffering, God says, "You wouldn't understand." I always want to know why, and I almost never have a good answer.
light people shining
He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.
cooperation
We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through.