#ann lamott

[theawestruckwonder]

“The first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is ever going to see it and that you can shape it later... Just get it all down all paper, because there may be something great in those six crazy pages that you never would have gotten to by more rational, grown-up means.”

- Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, pg 22-23

[dk-thrive]

It has been a very bad match for those of us who were born extremely sensitive

All truth is a paradox. Life is a precious unfathomably beautiful gift; and it is impossible here, on the incarnational side of things. It has been a very bad match for those of us who were born extremely sensitive. It is so hard and weird that we wonder if we are being punked. And it filled with heartbreaking sweetness and beauty, floods and babies and acne and Mozart, all swirled together.

~ Ann Lamott, 12 truths I learned from life and writing

[merriama]

¿Es escribir un asunto desesperado?

Photo by Ravi Roshan on Pexels.com Escribir puede ser un empeño bastante desesperado porque se trata de nuestras necesidades más profundas; nuestra necesidad de ser vistos, oídos, de darle sentido a nuestra vida, de despertar y crecer y pertenecer. No es de extrañar si, en ocasiones, nos tomamos demasiado en serio.BIRD BY BIRD. Anne Lamott Ese es el mantra del alcohólico. Un día más. Sobrevive…

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[splinterswerve]

Anne Lamott is so awesome and inspiring 🙂

[merriama]

¿Piensas demasiado antes de escribir? ¡Sólo hazlo!

Photo by Nikita Korchagin on Pexels.com Casi todo lo bien escrito comienza con unos primeros esfuerzos terribles. Necesitas empezar en alguna parte. Empieza por poner algo —lo que sea, en papel. Un amigo mío dice que el primer ensayo es el ensayo puesto —solo tienes que ponerlo. El segundo es el mejorado — porque lo arreglas. Intentas decir lo que tienes que decir con mayor precisión. Y el…

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[mental-mona]

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth, you can point with it too.

Ann Lamott

[mental-mona]

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth, you can point with it too.

- Ann Lamott

[sharketypes]

'The world can’t give us serenity,' he said. 'The world can’t give us peace. We can only find it in our hearts.' 'I hate that,' I said. 'I know. But the good news is that by the same token, the world can’t take it away.'

Ann Lamott, Bird By Bird