These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced.
― Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
I have too much to do. Everyone here does.
But if I take a handful of his Too Much and he takes a helping of mine, then it all seems to weigh a little less.
He asked.
I said sure.
Kierkegaard noted what a wonderful math it is in the bible when the money shared by a poor woman who can’t afford to give it is worth more than any surplus fortune given away by the wealthy.
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And sometimes the joy and the change of pace makes it all seem like it wasn’t really that much more to take on after all.