If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that’s kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it’s Loving Kindness.
BARBARA JOHNSONIt never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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Laughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.
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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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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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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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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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As you’re rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people’s eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!
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Live for today, but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God’s love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself.
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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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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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