Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
BARBARA JOHNSONHumor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
BARBARA JOHNSONIf you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
BARBARA JOHNSONViolets are God’s apology for February.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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 JOHNSONOld florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
BARBARA JOHNSONBeing codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.
BARBARA JOHNSONFaith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
BARBARA JOHNSONIf 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 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.
BARBARA JOHNSONGrudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
BARBARA JOHNSONHave we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
BARBARA JOHNSONWe are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
BARBARA JOHNSONWinners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
BARBARA JOHNSONTrue love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
BARBARA JOHNSON