Choices not chance determine your destiny.
BARBARA JOHNSONWe 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.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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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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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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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.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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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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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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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
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Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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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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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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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.
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