Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
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More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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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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Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
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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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Laughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.
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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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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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We 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.
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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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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
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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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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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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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