Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out.
Anne LamottRead
We were raised to believe in books, music, and nature.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the foundational values instilled in us through literature, art, and the natural world.
Anne Lamott's quote reflects on the essential influences of books, music, and nature in shaping our beliefs and character. It suggests that these elements serve as guiding forces in our lives, nurturing our imagination, creativity, and appreciation for the world around us.
In practice
Introducing a book club with a focus on the power of literature in our lives.
Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out.
Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and maybe it is the first sincere thought you've had in months.
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.
It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.
Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, "Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see," you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] 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.
...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.
Beauty doesn't matter because in the end, we all lose our looks and all we have is our heart.
I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.
True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity - in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can.
Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.
Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you're bound to make the same one again.
The profit we possess after study is to have become better and wiser.
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