Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
BARBARA JOHNSONGrudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
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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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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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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
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I don’t have to figure out why or how or when. God has a plan, and I’m committed to it. That commitment frees me from having to worry about the details.
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Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
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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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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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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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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.
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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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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
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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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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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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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Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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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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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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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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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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