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Janice Springer's avatar

You have helped me too. We are SO cool in Minnesota 😎 we bring joy and hope and food and diapers. Thank you

Miranda Worsley's avatar

You are very cool indeed in minnesota

Kristen Greene's avatar

That is angels work, Janice! Thank you!

Beth Leslie's avatar

The best way to fight back with these evil forces is with hope and smile and joy. Down with HATE!!!

Claudia's avatar

Well the image of a tiny sparrow laying on its back with feet in the air pretty well describes my current state.

Lucy Sage's avatar

Thank you, Anne. I have read and appreciated your books for years, and appreciate your humor and perspective. I became of friend of Bill W in 1986, I believe the same year you did. I married late in life 26 years ago and my first poetry book will be published in a few months by Kelsay Books. Never in wildest dreams!

Jennifer Turner's avatar

Thank you! Today I did a little yoga, took my calcium and vitamin D, and read Anne Lamott . A perfect refresh for Monday morning. I'm good for another day.

Love-led Leadership®'s avatar

Your words over the years have soothed and gently rocked my soul. I'm grateful for you, your work, and your humor. All of which are needed now more than ever.

Alice McMaster's avatar

Thank you! Thank you for generously giving of your creative self endlessly and consistently. Each day that I read you and others, I have joy and reminders of how to keep it. ❤️

Dianna Woods's avatar

Wonderful! We all needed that

Marcia Richman's avatar

Billie Eilish said it so well: "nobone is illegal on stolen land."

Mary Beth Spray's avatar

Thank you Anne. Forgiveness and joy work for me!

Martha Abrego's avatar

643876 Praying you found your kitty. 🐈‍⬛🙏🏻

Lesley B.'s avatar

There is still so much beauty. Thanks Anne.

Lakshman's avatar

This is wonderful. I think when it feels like the hardest thing to find joy, sometimes it is just enough to see someone nearby finding their own joy. It spreads like yawning, wide and slow and wonderful. I hope I can do that for someone today.

Janet Flores's avatar

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Thank Him and bless His name, for the Lord is good and his gracious LOVE endures forever!

Grateful hearts not only bring us closer to God's presence but help us be present with the blessings all around us. If we aren't, it's almost like those joyful parts of our lives are overwhelmed by whatever we ARE focused on. I'm praying fervently for the GOOD to overcome the hate we are being flooded with. amen!

Carole Mayer's avatar

Thank you for this, from the bottom of my heart. We must continue to be joyful and grateful, though we’ve considered all the facts! xox

Sandra Miller's avatar

Molly Ivins )oh, miss her!) said:

"Freedom fighters don't always win,

but they are always right!?

and then there's:

"“Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget

to sing in the lifeboats."

Voltaire