Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
BARBARA JOHNSONWe are destined for joy no matter how difficult our daily life. Something in us responds to the happiness other people experience, because we glimpse life as God intended it to be.
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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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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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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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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.
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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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Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.
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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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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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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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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God’s grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.
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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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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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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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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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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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Being codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.
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We are destined for joy no matter how difficult our daily life. Something in us responds to the happiness other people experience, because we glimpse life as God intended it to be.
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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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