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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.

Barbara Johnson

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.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Reading Reality Teaching
We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
BARBARA JOHNSON

Dream Life Littles
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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Caring Song Sunset
It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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Hurt Looks Sides
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
The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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Attitude Kindness Sneakers
Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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Encouragement Eye Heart
Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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Chance Choices Destiny
No one likes change… but babies in diapers.
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Baby Diapers Likes
Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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Chips Chocolate Ice Cream
How will you use the years God gives you? Will you be remembered for being a fault-finder? Or will you be known for your quick smile, the laugh lines around your eyes, and the twinkle deep within? After all, God gives you your face, but you provide the expression!
BARBARA JOHNSON

Attitude Expression Eye
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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Inspirational Laughter Positive
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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Glimpse Joy People
I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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Age Businessman Businesswoman Hundred Live Thinking
Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
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Kids Necks Pain
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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Gears Optimism Patience

Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.

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