Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
BARBARA JOHNSONWinners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
BARBARA JOHNSONTeaching 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 JOHNSONYou 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONLife 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!
BARBARA JOHNSONHow 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!
BARBARA JOHNSONWorry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
BARBARA JOHNSONWe 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONMy karma just ran over my dogma.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
BARBARA JOHNSONStop 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONIf 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONNo one likes change… but babies in diapers.
BARBARA JOHNSONWhen 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONOld florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
BARBARA JOHNSONIt never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
BARBARA JOHNSONNever let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
BARBARA JOHNSON