The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Guidepost #4, Cultivating Gratitude and Joy: Letting Go of Scarcity and Fear of the Dark
1
.
Anne
Robertson,
“Joy
or
Happiness?”
St.
John’s
United
Methodist
Church,
www.stjohnsdover.org/99adv3.html. Used with permission from Anne Robertson.
2
. Lynne Twist, The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life (New
York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2003), 44.
3
. Ibid., 75.
4
. Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism,
Inadequacy, and Power (New York: Penguin / Gotham Books, 2007), 204–205.
Guidepost #5, Cultivating Intuition and Trusting Faith: Letting Go of the Need for Certainty
1
. “Intuition,” www.Dictionary.com (accessed February 17, 2010).
2
. David G. Myers, Intuition: Its Powers and Perils (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002);
Gerd Gigerenzer, Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious (London: Penguin Books, 2008).
3
. Richard Rohr, “Utterly Humbled by Mystery,” published December 18, 2006, National Public
Radio “This I Believe” series, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6631954
(accessed February 15, 2010).
4
. Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, paperback ed. (New York: Penguin Group,
Riverhead Books, 2006), 256–57.
5
. Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (New York: Random House,
Anchor Books, 1995); Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, paperback ed. (New

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York: Penguin Group, Riverhead Books, 2008).
6
. Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions (New
York: HarperCollins, HarperOne, 2006).
7
. Pema Chödrön, Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and
Compassion, mass market ed. (Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, 2008).
8
. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (New York: HarperCollins, 2006).