Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy

Barbara Johnson

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN: 9780849944796
• eBook ISBN: 9781418518882
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Boomerang blessings.

That's what Barbara Johnson calls the encouraging feedback she has received over the years from readers whose lives have been impacted by the message of this million-copy bestseller. If you need a fresh breath of joy in your life, this book is just the prescription for you.

With the wit of an Erma Bombeck, Barbara Johnson helps you to look for "life's little sparkles, " even in the midst of your most crippling sorrows. No stranger to suffering herself, Barbara's experiences have equipped her with the credentials to help others work through their own suffering. In spite of her difficulties, Barbara has learned that while pain is inevitable to us all, we can choose to pick the flowers instead of the weeds.

Barbara will teach you how to release that bubble of joy within you?to claim God's promise to "fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy."?Job 8: 21 (TLB)

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Praise for Barbara Johnson
• Other Books by Barbara Johnson
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 2004 Preface
• 1990 Preface
• Chapter One: Pain Is Inevitable, But Misery Is Optional*
• Chapter Two: Can Handle Any Crisis—I’m a Mother
• Chapter Three: It’s Always Darkest Just Before It Goes Totally Black
• Chapter Four: I Feel So Much Better Now That I’ve Given Up Hope*
• Chapter Five: One Laugh = 3 Tbsp. Oat Bran
• Chapter Six: Guilt—The Gift That Keeps on Giving
• Chapter Seven: One Day I Shall Burst My Buds of Calm and Blossom into Hysteria
• Chapter Eight: I Married Mr. Wumphee
• Chapter Nine: Wrinkles Are God’s Little Way of Saying . . .“I’m Stepping on Your Face”
• Chapter Ten: I Don’t Recall Asking for Any of This
• Chapter Eleven: My Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
• Notes