Violets are God’s apology for February.
BARBARA JOHNSONLove is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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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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Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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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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The most important things in your home are people.
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Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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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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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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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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All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.
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Life 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!
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