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Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional
Barbara Johnson
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Barbara Johnson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1947
Born: October 4
Died: 2009
Died: August 27
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University Teacher
Boston
Massachusetts
Barbara Ellen Johnson
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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they're not a lump in your throat.
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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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I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.
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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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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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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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Change is a process not an event.
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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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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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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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Attitude is the mind's paintbrush it can color any situation.
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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 are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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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!
Barbara Johnson
Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
Barbara Johnson
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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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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