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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.

Barbara Johnson

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
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
Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
BARBARA JOHNSON

Inevitable Misery Pain
Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
BARBARA JOHNSON

Advertising Faces Philosophy
Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Arrangement Dies Humor
We are destined for joy no matter how difficult our daily life. Something in us responds to the happiness other people experience, because we glimpse life as God intended it to be.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Glimpse Joy People
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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Caring Song Sunset
The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Attitude Kindness Sneakers
The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Blessing Growing Secret
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Gears Optimism Patience
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
A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Kneeling Prayer Standing
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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Dream Faith Prayer
The most important things in your home are people.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Home Important People
We 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 JOHNSON

Heart Laughter Lonely
Choices not chance determine your destiny.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Chance Choices Destiny

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