Daily Zen - Wednesday, April 19

Hope begins in the dark,

the stubborn hope that 

if you just show up and

try to do the right thing, 

the dawn will come. 

You wait and watch and

work: you don't give up.

~ Anne Lamott

Weekend Zen, May 30-31

Your problem is how you are going to spend

this one 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 circumstances, or whether 

you are going to taste it, enjoy it, and 

find out the truth about who you are. 

~ Anne Lamott

Daily Zen - Monday, September 16

Hope begins in the dark,

the stubborn hope that if you

just show up and try to do the

right thing, the dawn will come.

You wait and watch and work:

you don't give up.

~ Anne Lamott

Weekend Zen, February 23-24

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. 

~ Anne Lamott

Weekend Zen, December 21-22

I don't want something special. 

I want something beautifully plain.

~ Anne Lamott

Daily Zen - Friday, December 20

Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage.

               ~ Anne Lamott

Daily Zen - Thursday, December 19

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

~ Anne Lamott

Daily Zen - Wednesday, December 18

You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

~ Anne Lamott

Daily Zen - Tuesday, December 17

The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.

~ Anne Lamott

Daily Zen - Monday, December 16

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.

~ Anne Lamott

Daily Zen, Wednesday December 11

You can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth.

~ Anne Lamott

Daily Zen - Friday, March 16

You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself. 

                      - Anne Lamott

Read more of Anne Lamott's thought's on being who you were meant to be here.