A few brief passages from Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott.
“Sometimes Grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking.”
“We’re invited more deeply into this mystery on a daily basis, to be here as one-of; a mess like everyone else, and not in charge. That’s why we hate it.”
“I took it personally, as I do everything – I can’t seem to learn how not to, or at any rate, I’m the slowest learner in the class.”
“I loved him intimately, sight unseen. yet when he lay on my chest for the first time, part of me felt as if someone had given me a Martian baby to raise, or a Martian puppy. And I had no owner’s manual, no energy, no clue as to what I was supposed to do. The other part of me felt as though I were holding my own soul. Now, all these years later, this still pretty much says it.”
“A friend once told me that while fear and confusion often swirl around us, faith is straight ahead: I trusted that even though I didn’t know a thing about taking care of infants, toddlers, kids, or teenagers, I would be shown the next right step on a need-to-know basis…. [though] I thought there would be a little more downtime. That’s a good one.”
“my friend said to approach my relationship with Sam like a frozen gym membership, where I am taking a break. So far, I have not pushed him down the stairs, which during rough patches passes for grace around here. This falls short of the heavenly banquet, but some days will have to do.”
