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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
Barbara Johnson
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Barbara Johnson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1947
Born: October 4
Died: 2009
Died: August 27
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Barbara Ellen Johnson
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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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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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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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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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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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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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I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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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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Have we forgotten that we're all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
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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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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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