The One Thing You Need to Know
Sharon October 27th, 2008
I’m a bit under the weather today. I’m tired and overwhelmed and behind on six million things, approximately. Frankly, I’m also a little bored (not to mention nauseated) watching the financial crisis - clearly there’s a reason why zombie movies are more fun than watching Zombie Treasury Secretaries dismantle the economy. And just in case I’m not the only person out there having a bad day, I thought it would be worth reminding everyone of the things that give me hope for the future.
The best articulation of my hope comes from Annie LaMott’s gorgeous book _Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith.” And it is simply this..
“…one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people.”
Think about that - how unlikely, and just possibly how true. If I’m to have faith in something, I think that’s a thing worth believing in - for all of us.
Without that, I might be tempted to spend the day in a fetal position - of course, since my kids would promptly come and jump on my head, self-indulgence might not be my best strategy. But maybe they are the right people too 
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That’s what I need - faith that we can go forward, and someone to jump on my head.
Sharon