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.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
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Being codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.
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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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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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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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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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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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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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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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Change is a process not an event.
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The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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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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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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