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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.

Barbara Johnson

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Barbara Johnson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1947
Born: October 4
Died: 2009
Died: August 27
Author
Journalist
Linguist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Translator
University Teacher
Boston
Massachusetts
Barbara Ellen Johnson
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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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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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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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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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