Anne Lamott, one of my favorites, recently gave a TED talk in which she shared twelve truths she has learned in 61 years of living and writing. She and I are about the same age, so we have, at least timewise, a similar pool from which to draw. Some of her rules resonate with me, others not so much so, but in either event they get me to thinking – and we all know how much trouble that can start.
“Number one: the first and truest thing is that all truth is a paradox. Life is both a precious, unfathomably beautiful gift, and it’s impossible here, on the incarnational side of things…. It’s so hard and weird that we sometimes wonder if we’re being punked. It’s filled simultaneously with heartbreaking sweetness and beauty, desperate poverty, floods and babies and acne and Mozart, all swirled together. I don’t think it’s an ideal system.”
Yep, she’s been living in the same time, on the same planet, as I have.
Here is a Link to the talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_lamott_12_truths_i_learned_from_life_and_writing
It occurs to me... 