Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
BARBARA JOHNSONI think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
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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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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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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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Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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We are destined for joy no matter how difficult our daily life. Something in us responds to the happiness other people experience, because we glimpse life as God intended it to be.
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Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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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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Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.
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How will you use the years God gives you? Will you be remembered for being a fault-finder? Or will you be known for your quick smile, the laugh lines around your eyes, and the twinkle deep within? After all, God gives you your face, but you provide the expression!
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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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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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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.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. … I know what regret feels like; I’ve earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.
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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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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 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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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.
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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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The most important things in your home are people.
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