Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
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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No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
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Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.
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Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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The most important things in your home are people.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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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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Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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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 is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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You have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn’t know were there.
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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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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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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.
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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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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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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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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. … I know what regret feels like; I’ve earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.
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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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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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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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