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.
BARBARA JOHNSONYou 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe most important things in your home are people.
BARBARA JOHNSONMotherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
BARBARA JOHNSONNever let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
BARBARA JOHNSONOld florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
BARBARA JOHNSONLaughter 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
BARBARA JOHNSONSmile…it kills time between disasters.
BARBARA JOHNSONHave we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
BARBARA JOHNSONLife 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!
BARBARA JOHNSONAll we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.
BARBARA JOHNSONLive 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONWinners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
BARBARA JOHNSONWe 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONAs 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 JOHNSONLaughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.
BARBARA JOHNSON