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!
BARBARA JOHNSONWe 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.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
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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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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.
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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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Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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Stop 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.
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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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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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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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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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