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“I doubt that anyone has a Damascus moment after experiencing discrimination. Most people seem to have shining moments of change after experiencing… — Anna White Copy Share Image
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“I know what it's like to sleep in fear, to starve myself to be worthy, to be ashamed of my voice, to… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I was taught growing up not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, to withdraw myself from the sinful 'others'. But we are… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Everything we have, everything we are, is a gift. How can we judge and shame ourselves if this is true?” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I believe God lets us stumble along, slowly finding our way, and giving us chances to pick each other up.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I name you today, heart fears. I am small, but you are smaller. You will not stop me. You have a voice,… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s not about having a beautiful day, but about finding beautiful moments. Maybe a whole day is just too much to… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Truth: last week I online shopped too much. Then I ate 2 pounds of jelly beans to feel better about that. In… — Anna White Copy Share Image
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“I can't say for sure if I'm better off, since I have no way of knowing what would have been. I could… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Christmas is such a time of struggle anyway, crammed with busy and hurry and the expectation that you will be joyful, no… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I love that there's no cutoff where we get labeled and sent off to a home for hopeless, cranky, depressives. Every day… — Anna White Copy Share Image
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“After giving it some thought, I've decided to name my monkey mind Ricky Bobby. I was thinking about Latin names like Javier,… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The God I serve is able to save us both. To give us the winning lottery ticket so all our money problems… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“This is the only advice I offer you. Pick the small thing, and carry it on. Let it change your life.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“God wants to take the fears that you and I are holding onto with both hands. He throws them aside, effortless, and… — Anna White Copy Share Image
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“I realized that I was okay with myself. I was quirky and withdrawn and loud, but I liked that. I smiled at… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The idea of practicing love is deeply appealing to me, because built right in is an acceptance of imperfection. There is an… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“My fear of being real, of being seen, paralyzes me into silence. I crave the touch and the connection, but I’m not… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“A basic reality of life is that we all struggle. We hurt and have hurt other people. We all feel lost sometimes.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“All of my secrets and scars and wishes and dreams can live together in this one body without shame, without blame, and… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“It is a beautiful and scary thing to sit open-handed and let all your plans float away like dust.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Love has no demand of us but to keep practicing, to do the next hard thing. Love says, Come dear. Take the… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The road to the heart is not a long, linear path, but this turning. There is no race or competition, just me… — Anna White Copy Share Image
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“I've always let my imagination run free, but now I try to rein it in. Things never turn out the way I… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Every day is a new beginning, the building of a habit. Every action is a step in some direction. There is no… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“In this week I see such a picture of life, hard and joyful pressed up together and sleeping in the same bed.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The griefs that have been hardest for me were the ones I didn’t recognize as griefs, because they came in what were… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Being broken isn't the worst thing. We can be mended and put together again. We don’t have to be ashamed of our… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Father, be near as we are surrounded by this cloud of deep suffering. Open our eyes to see that you are all… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and beauty with… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I want my heart to be the thin place. I don't want to board a plane to feel the kiss of heaven. I want… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I doubt that anyone has a Damascus moment after experiencing discrimination. Most people seem to have shining moments of change after experiencing grace.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The shadow is dark and the woods are cold, but they are not endless. No matter how lost you are now, you are not… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“My husband says this longing for isolation is not a good quality, that if I wanted to be a hermit I should have moved… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“A basic reality of life is that we all struggle. We hurt and have hurt other people. We all feel lost sometimes. This isn’t… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I believe God lets us stumble along, slowly finding our way, and giving us chances to pick each other up.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I know what it's like to sleep in fear, to starve myself to be worthy, to be ashamed of my voice, to want to… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The God I serve is able to save us both. To give us the winning lottery ticket so all our money problems will go… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“There are lots of real reasons to decide to leave something or someone, but there are lots of other reasons that are less valid… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The first night in the hospital with a snuffling baby girl, I learned that my family was not the only thing that had expanded.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The most amazing thing is that all my sorrows, all of my darkest moments, are becoming my gifts.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
