My lifelong and core belief, right after the conviction that I was defective, mildly annoying, and better than everyone else was that my help was hel… - Anne Lamott

I'll live as well, as deeply, as madly as I can — until I die.

I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature. You just have to get rid of so much baggage to be light enough to dance, to sing, to play. You don't have time to carry grudges; you don't have time to cling to the need to be right.

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.