Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe most important things in your home are people.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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When we have hope, we are showing that we trust God to work out the situation. Trust is the only way we’re going to make it through and be a part of God’s marvelous plan for His child.
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Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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We can never untangle all the woes in other people’s lives. We can’t produce miracles overnight. But we can bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart.
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You have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn’t know were there.
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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
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Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
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Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.
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We cannot protect ourselves from trouble, but we can dance through the puddles of life with a rainbow smile, twirling the only umbrella we need — the umbrella of God’s love.
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If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
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True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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The most important things in your home are people.
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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
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Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. … I know what regret feels like; I’ve earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.
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How will you use the years God gives you? Will you be remembered for being a fault-finder? Or will you be known for your quick smile, the laugh lines around your eyes, and the twinkle deep within? After all, God gives you your face, but you provide the expression!
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Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.
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Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won’t take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother
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Life can be wonderful. Do your best not to miss it!” Enjoy what it is before it isn’t anymore. Dare to slip on a pair of bunny slippers once in a while! Surprise yourself! Enjoy the little things because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things!
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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.
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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
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