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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!

Barbara Johnson

It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Hurt Looks Sides
We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Dream Life Littles
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Dessert First Food Loss Weight
Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Kids Necks Pain
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Gears Optimism Patience
Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
BARBARA JOHNSON

Inevitable Misery Pain
Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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Bored Dull Life Too Short
Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
BARBARA JOHNSON

Answers Inspirational Winning
Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. … I know what regret feels like; I’ve earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Hate Past Regret
Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Chips Chocolate Ice Cream
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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Commitment Details Worry
Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Arrangement Dies Humor
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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Disappointment Flower Loneliness
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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Children Hope Out Work
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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Joy Light Looks
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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Giving Kindness Peanut Butter

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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