Anne Lamott: from Gypsies

"I realized that I want what the crones have: time for all those long deep breaths, time to watch more closely, time to learn to enjoy what I've always been afraid of--the sag and the invisibility, the ease of understanding that life is not about doing. The crones understand this, and it gives them all kinds of time--time to get much less done, time for all those holy moments."

Anne Lamott from "Gysies" part of "Travelling Mercies".