Made Me Think

First and foremost, I apologize for the crassness of the following quote, but it struck a chord when I read this sentence yesterday. To be true, the writer of this sentence doesn't see the world in the same way I do, but when I read this sentence through the lense of my life, it is more than a kick in the pants. What a well-timed reminder that it's not about me.

"To be engrossed by something outside of ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass -- seeing things in such a narrow and darkly narcissistic way that it presents a colo-rectal theology, offering hope to no one." ~Anne Lamott, from "bird by bird"