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.
BARBARA JOHNSONGrudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of 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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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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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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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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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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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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The most important things in your home are people.
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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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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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