Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn't needed the transportation.
Anne LamottI got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.
Anne LamottSome people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.
Anne LamottI just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.
Anne Lamott