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.
BARBARA JOHNSONAttitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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When 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.
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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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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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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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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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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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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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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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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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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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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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Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.
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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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