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The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But if you accept the reality that you have been

The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But if you accept the reality that you have been given- that you are not in a productive creative period- you free yourself to begin filling up again.

Anne Lamott
Acceptance, Reality, Uncomfortable Situations
Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.178, Anchor

... everyone has come to understand that unconditional love is a reality, but with as shelf life of about eight to ten seconds. [p. 110]

Anne Lamott
Unconditional Love, Reality, Love Is

I used to think that paired opposites were a given, that love was the opposite of hate, right the opposite of wrong. But now I think we sometimes buy into these concepts because it is so much easier to embrace absolutes than to suffer reality. I don't think anything is the opposite of love. Reality is unforgivingly complex.

Anne Lamott
Hate, Reality, Thinking
Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.104, Anchor

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