The One That Sings

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we
have come to our real work, and that when we no longer
know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is unemployed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.

Wendell Berry

Take In Today

When you are on the knife's edge -
when nobody knows exactly what is
going to happen next, only that it will
be worse - you take in today.

Anne Lamott

Perfectionism

Perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a while lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.

Anne Lamott

The Three Essential Prayers

I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have
come to believe, over the last twenty-five years, that
there's something to be said about keeping prayer simple.
Help, thanks, wow.

Anne Lamott