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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.

Barbara Johnson

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Barbara Johnson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1947
Born: October 4
Died: 2009
Died: August 27
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Journalist
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Boston
Massachusetts
Barbara Ellen Johnson
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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Winners see an answer for every problem losers see a problem in every answer!
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Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
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Change is a process not an event.
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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 spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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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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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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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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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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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.
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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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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they're not a lump in your throat.
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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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Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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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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