The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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!
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.
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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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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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If 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.
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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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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.
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We 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.
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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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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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I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
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The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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