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!
BARBARA JOHNSONGod will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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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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I don’t have to figure out why or how or when. God has a plan, and I’m committed to it. That commitment frees me from having to worry about the details.
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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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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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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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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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My karma just ran over my dogma.
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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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Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.
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The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
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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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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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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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