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God brings wonderful people into our lives. He also takes people out to protect us from harm. When we roll with God’s grace, we feel his wisdom.Ron Baratono
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We will never find the perfect job, relationship, or situation. What we can do is search for happiness. Our ideals in life are set by others, and it’s because they haven’t mastered the art of the happiness search.Ron Baratono
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The reason a lot of people can’t find happiness is because they don’t look for it. They allow themselves to be stuck in the same situations. Sometimes happiness comes with the courage to break free.Ron Baratono
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Never adjust your day to suit someone else’s happiness. When riding on God’s good grace, roll with things your way.Ron Baratono
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The whole world would be much happier if everyone was just average.Ron Baratono
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When you surround yourself with wonderful, productive people, you become enhanced. Your level of happiness increases, which is your success.Ron Baratono
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The greatest musicians never cared to be rock stars. They just wanted to play. The greatest actors never cared to be movie stars they just loved their craft. The greatest artists painted on canvas to fill their own hearts. It’s how we truly feel about things in life that will determine our success.Ron Baratono
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When we face every challenge with optimism and learn to fail with our heads up, a great attitude is always success, no matter the outcome.Ron Baratono
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When I look at your smile, I can see your heart. When I look at your heart, it makes me smile back.Ron Baratono
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The right path in life will always come with patience. It’s when we reach an understanding that everything happens in God’s time that we walk the right path.Ron Baratono
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It’s best to have a small boat of friends where everyone rows than an ark of friends where no one does. At least you’re getting somewhere.Ron Baratono
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I think we spend more time thinking of things to deal with than just letting them go. When we quiet our minds, that’s true freedom.Ron Baratono
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We all reach a point in our lives where time is the most expensive thing we have.Ron Baratono
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You’re not going to always hit a home run in life. You’re going to strike out! You’re going to walk to the dugout of life, frustrated, while spectators chirp your name in judgment. They’re afraid to even get on the field, and you know it. The fact that you get back up there, unafraid, going after that next home run, makes you the person you are.Ron Baratono
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As we get better at knowing God’s love, we grow into better things that surround our lives.Ron Baratono
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People spend way too much time with hatred, jealousy, and drama when kindness is so easy. Grab a hold of the good things in life; they’ll take you to places you’ve never been.Ron Baratono
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Our self-worth is not who we know or what we know. Our self-worth is in what we do.Ron Baratono
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People are never going to act exactly like we want them to. So if we stop expecting things from others, we’ll find peace in our hearts that will last a lifetime.Ron Baratono
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There’s calm in the mind of the humble. An unmistakable peace of not having to prove anything to anyone.Ron Baratono
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When people judge they completely lose sight of the blessings on their own tables. Jealousy or conviction is a very dark room.Ron Baratono
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If we think about each other’s feelings, then we’re never alone.Ron Baratono
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Attention serves a person better when he or she works for it and then lets it come.Ron Baratono
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Worrying about things that haven’t happened yet is like riding on the hood of your car–what’s the point?Ron Baratono
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Sometimes God takes people out of our lives for a period of time. Sometimes we need to adjust, appreciate, and reach an understanding of just how important they were to us. And sometimes it’s right at that moment when God brings them back in our heart.Ron Baratono
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Dear God, please take the stains off my heart. If there’s even an ounce of pain I feel that someone caused me in the past, I ask that you wash it away. Give me strength, show me forgiveness is the healthiest option for me, and set me free. I pray you give me peace today and every day, allowing me to totally leave my past behind. In Jesus’s name, I pray, amen.Ron Baratono
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There will always be a part of your life that’s not quite in order. This is the growth part, the area where lessons come from. Embrace this! Learn from it, and then move on.Ron Baratono
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The greatest accomplishments in life come from the heart.Ron Baratono
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Dear God, I ask that you help me with the darkness I’ve been feeling and that you help me make today a changing day in my life. I ask you, dear God, for calm in my mind and your light in my heart. I ask these things in Jesus’s name, amen.Ron Baratono
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If we are wonderful parents and family members, then there’s really nothing else to prove.Ron Baratono
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Dear Lord, I ask that you help me make it through today with patience, understanding, and calmness in my heart. I ask that you replace any darkness in my life with light and my frustrations with joy. I ask these things in Jesus’s name, amen.Ron Baratono
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Your true character in life is your destiny.Ron Baratono
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The truly important people in our lives are always in our future.Ron Baratono
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Dear God, I don’t ask for fame and fortune but for an opportunity to embrace many. I don’t ask you to make my life perfect but full of love. With every mistake I make, or with any success I have, I ask to feel your grace along the way, for the rest of my life. In Jesus’s name, amen.Ron Baratono
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If we occupy our minds with self-loathing or negative thoughts, then maybe we don’t have enough to do.Ron Baratono
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When we look and feel happy, it’s beautiful and more attractive than anything we could possibly imagine.Ron Baratono
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Our journey without judgment can begin today.Ron Baratono
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A woman’s smile will always make a good man’s day.Ron Baratono
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Each day is a blessing, and I awake wondering what wonderful thing, no matter how big or small, will happen to me today.Ron Baratono
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When we first wake up every morning, there’s a calm in our minds. The challenge is to keep it there all day.Ron Baratono
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The greatest person to know in life is yourself. There’s no one who will treat you better.Ron Baratono