Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
BARBARA JOHNSONLaughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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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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Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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Life can be wonderful. Do your best not to miss it!” Enjoy what it is before it isn’t anymore. Dare to slip on a pair of bunny slippers once in a while! Surprise yourself! Enjoy the little things because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things!
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Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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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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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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The most important things in your home are people.
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Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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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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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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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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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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