Discussing her book Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy, Anne Lamott highlights the importance of showing mercy to ourselves as much as we do others.
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This time on Mindrolling, we revisit a 2017 talk with Anne and Raghu on:
- Mercy as grace put into action
- Rediscovering mercy and its importance in our lives and the world
- Finding deeper connections with ourselves and others through loving-kindness, generosity, and forgiveness
- The wisdom of humility and generosity in spiritual practice
- Understanding the deeper meaning of mercy
- Learning to extend the same compassion and mercy to ourselves that we offer others
- Letting go of the need to please everyone and embracing our authentic selves
- Discovering happiness and purpose through service to others
- Allowing mercy to protect us from our own darkness and create space for equanimity
“If you were here and you were hungry, I would feed you. That’s what Jesus says.Go get everyone some water. If you have some food, share it. I would automatically know how to care for you. Those expressions of love and grace are what we’re starved for. We want the perfect person to come along and bestow those things upon us and the perfect person is us.” —Anne Lamott
About Anne Lamott:
Anne Lamott is the New York Times best-selling author of many books, including collections of essays, novels, and long-form non-fiction, including the classic writing manual Bird by Bird and child-rearing memoir Operating Instructions. In addition to being a novelist and nonfiction writer, Lamott is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Keep up with Anne on Instagram.
“To show mercy, to show forgiveness, loving kindness and generosity, and to receive it which is so much harder, is more of an action whereas grace is the stuff we’re made of, surrounded by, saved by, created in. I’ve always said grace bats last, but I think mercy is the action step of grace.” —Anne Lamott
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