The most important things in your home are people.
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.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
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Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.
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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 is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won’t take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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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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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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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
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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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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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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.
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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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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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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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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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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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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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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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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!
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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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