When what we see catches us off guard, and when we write it as realistically and openly as possible, it offers hope. You look around and say, Wow, there's that same mockingbird; there's that woman in the red hat again. The woman in the red hat is about hope because she's in it up to her neck, too, yet every day she puts on that crazy red hat and walks to town.
Anne LamottSo a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
Anne LamottI was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
Anne LamottMy mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give it to me to untangle. It would have a shiny, sweaty smell, and excite me: Gold chains linked you to the great fairy tales and myths, to Arabia, and India; to the great weight of the world, but lighter than a feather.
Anne LamottWhen we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us.
Anne LamottCan you imagine the hopelessness of trying to live a spiritual life when youโre secretly looking up at the skies not for illumination or direction, but to gauge, miserably, the odds of rain?
Anne LamottDo you mind even a little that you are still addicted to people-pleasing, and are still putting everyone elseโs needs and laundry and career ahead of your creative, spiritual life? Giving all your life force away, to โhelpโ and impress. Well, your help is not helpful, and falls short.
Anne Lamott