Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe most important things in your home are people.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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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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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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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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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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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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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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I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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Being codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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