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.
BARBARA JOHNSONThe joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.
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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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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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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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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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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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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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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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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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Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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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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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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The most important things in your home are people.
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