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.
BARBARA JOHNSONNever let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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If 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.
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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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The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
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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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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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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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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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Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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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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Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.
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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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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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