Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
BARBARA JOHNSONStop 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.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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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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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
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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.
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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.
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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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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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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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True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
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No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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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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Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.
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