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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.

Barbara Johnson

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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Disappointment Flower Loneliness
No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
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Baby Diapers Likes
Live for today, but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God’s love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself.
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Change God Love
Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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Grudge Hands Wise
Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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Inspirational Life Love
Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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Inevitable Misery Pain
Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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Chance Choices Destiny
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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Eye People Rushing
Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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Lasts Speed Today
Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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Hate Principles Tickets
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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Commitment Details Worry
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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Boxing Heaven Want
A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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Kneeling Prayer Standing
All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.
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Behind Heaven Live Touch
It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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Hurt Looks Sides
Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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Growing Inspirational Jobs

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