Succulent sentiments

It's funny, I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had
some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment,
the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience...

But then when I grew up, I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools: 

friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty. ...

and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. 

And mostly, against all odds, they do. 

~ Anne Lamott