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“The two most underrated priorities of a woman’s life are Love for God and Love for self.  Prioritize these two and all other loves will fall into place.”
― Michele Owes, Pearls of Wisdom for Our Daughters

“But how can people help me…or other people with chronic illness?    •  Listen.    •  Offer help and ask what is needed. It was very hard for me to ask for help. I’d always been the one to offer help and had never needed it myself. It was so difficult to ask for and accept help. But my friends persevered in supportive ways.    •  Realize that a family member’s illness affects the entire family.    •  Be hopeful.    •  Hold a hand or give a hug. Gentle human touch is very soothing and healing.    •  Speak gently. I remember people who meant well would rage against my situation, saying it wasn’t fair and it wasn’t right. And that I wasn’t being treated fairly by the medical establishment. All of this was negative and, even if it was true, wasn’t helping.    •  Recognize signs of depression.    •  Recognize the power of prayer.”
― H. Norman Wright, Coping with Chronic Illness: *Neck and Back Pain *Migraines *Arthritis *Fibromyalgia*Chronic Fatigue *And Other Invisible Illnesses

“Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night. Zig Ziglar”
― Zakari Dotchamou, 300 quotes from top motivators:Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Robert Kiyosaki ...

“Put your expectations on God, not on people.”
― Joyce Meyer

“When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.”
― Joyce Meyer

“I may not be where I need to be but I thank God I am not where I used to be.”
― Joyce Meyers, Woman to Woman: Candid Conversations from Me to You

“God doesn’t tell you to do hard things so He can stand back and laugh and watch you struggle. He tells you to do things the things that He knows are gonna work out to your good in the end.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Have God make a message out of your mess.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.”
― Joyce Meyer

“We need a backbone, not a wishbone.”
― Joyce Meyer

“Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.”
― Joyce Meyer

“It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.”
― Joyce Meyer

“An affirmation to say everyday:

The healing power of God is working in me right now. Eveyr day I get better and better in every way.”
― Joyce Meyer

“You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.”
― Anne Lamott

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
― Anne Lamott

“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
― Anne Lamott

“Joy is the best makeup.”
― Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think 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 whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“And I felt like my heart had been so thoroughly and irreparably broken that there could be no real joy again, that at best there might eventually be a little contentment. Everyone wanted me to get help and rejoin life, pick up the pieces and move on, and I tried to, I wanted to, but I just had to lie in the mud with my arms wrapped around myself, eyes closed, grieving, until I didn’t have to anymore.”
― Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.”
― Anne Lamott

“I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.”
― Anne Lamott

“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“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