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Decide to be happy today, to live with what is yours – your family, your business, your job, your luck. If you can’t have what you like, maybe you can like what you have.

Just for today, be kind, cheerful, agreeable, responsive, caring, and understanding. Be your best, dress your best, talk softly, and look for the bright side of things. Praise people for what they do and do not criticize them for what they cannot do. If someone does something stupid, forgive and forget. After all, it’s just for one day.

Who knows, it might turn out to be a nice day.

THE BRIGHT SIDE

I'm looking out the window
and the day is drab and dreary,
And I'm trying to console myself
by thinking something cheery
I know it's simply horrible
to get in such a slump
And I also know it's up to me
to get across the hump
And I realize I'm selfish
to mention this to you
For, gee, you might be feeling
a little 'low-down' too
but often when I feel like this
I tell myself it's true
That I am not the only one
who feels 'low-down and blue'
And just knowing there are others
who feel the way I do
Renews my sinking spirit
and keeps me smiling through
and know that it's natural
to take a 'spirit-dive'
Provides the spunk and courage
to hang on and survive
And while there are a lot of moods
that we can drive away
by looking on the BRIGHT SIDE
in all we do and say,
There also is a loneliness
that God meant us to feel
But, gee, it sure is mighty hard
to know which one is real
And I'd hate to be a 'sad sack'
who never saw the sun
And just complained that every day
was such a dreary one.
But I know that all the dark days
are just part of God's plan
We should accept them graciously
and do the best we can...
So I'll just keep on trying
for I know it's 'Gospel true'
there never was a cloud so dark
the sun could not shine through!

by Helen Steiner Rice

On the Bright Side Newsletter

I send this little letter out each morning to all my family and friends and even to a few people that I've never met. Many of them send it on to others too. So in order to make it available to more people I post the 'brighter side' of the news here each day in this journal.

The letter began as an effort to keep in touch with my family as they are spread out in all directions. My family, friends and God are the most important things in my life.

You'll find quotes, poems and stories and even a few recipes included in this newsletter. I try to find something new each day to share.

In a world that very often publishes only the dark side of things I felt that others would be encouraged to hear about
'the bright side'.

'On Ya'-ma

Thursday, November 20, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
NOVEMBER 20TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

You are the best person somebody knows.

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Grasp every opportunity to offer encouragement to others

TODAY’S QUOTE

Gratitude preserves old friendships and procures new

HAPPY THURSDAY !!

One week from today it’ll be Thanksgiving !
It hardly seems possible that it is getting so close now.

We are supposed to have some more snow on the way today. Yesterday it flurried a bit but nothing accumulated. I think I’m beginning to sound like a broken record here, so I best stop talking about the weather.

I went to the funeral home visitation for my uncle (on my Dad’s side of the family) last evening. I saw a few of my cousins and one of my other aunt and uncles were there but most of the other people I didn’t know. We all agreed we should stop meeting that way and try to get together at a happier time. We always say that but somehow never do.

Days go by so quickly. I go to work and come home and do a little, go to bed , get up and go to work again…life goes on and before we know it we miss out on seeing each again.

I did make an appointment with my family for one week from today and I won’t be missing that one and it will be a happy time for sure.

Take good care all – keep warm!

Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !

TODAY’S PRAYERS

Please pray for God's protection of
our troops and HIS wisdom for their
commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in
your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us
in our time of need. I ask this in the
name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

GOD BLESS YOU!

25 WORDS

God, I thank You for today, for the ways You will bless me,
and for the ways that I will serve others in Your name

TO REMEMBER…

I am in the hands of God,
and in God’s time all things will be made well.

TODAY IS…PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY

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1 lb powdered sugar

3 Tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 lb (2 sticks) margarine or butter

12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

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TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Learn When to Start Thawing the Turkey Day
http://www.butterball.com/

Today is Universal Children's Day, sponsored by the United Nations, as a time to honor children with ceremonies and festivals and to make children's needs known to government

Today is Name Your PC Day. If you haven't already given your personal computer a name, today's the day to do it

1789: New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights

1850: Blind 30-year-old teacher Fanny Crosby underwent a dramatic spiritual conversion. Fifteen years later, she began writing her first of over 8,000 hymn lyrics, including "Rescue the Perishing," "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross," "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" and "Tell Me the Story of Jesus

1947: Britain's future Queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, at London's Westminster Abbey. The world listened on radio

TODAY’S SMILE

When turkey's on the table laid,

And good things I may scan,

I'm thankful that I wasn't made

A vegetarian.

Edgar A. Guest

Why did the turkey cross the road?

It was the chicken's day off.

A WORD OF ADVICE

Watch those store money cards and gift cards.. and credit slips!

Stores that informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between

October 2008 and January 2009. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Circuit City stores... most recent (? how many)

Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered

Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine's to close

150 storenationwide

Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January

Cache will close all stores

Talbots closing down all storesJ.

Jill closing all stores

GAP closing 85 stores

Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January

WickesFurniture closing down

Levitz closing down remaining stores

Bombay closing remaining storesZales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.

Whitehall closing all stores

Piercing Pagoda closing all stores

Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.

Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick )

Macys to close 9 stores after January

Linens and Things closing all stores

Movie Galley Closing all stores

Pacific Sunware closing stores

Pep Boys Closing 33 stores

Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores

JC Penney closing a number of stores after January

Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.

Wilson Leather closing down all stores

Sharper Image closing down all stores

K B Toys closing 356 stores

Loews to close down some stores

Dillard's to close some stores.

I got this in an e-mail and have not verified the info. just be careful...

TODAY’S WORD

pertinacious \puhr-tin-AY-shuhs\, adjective:

1. Holding or adhering obstinately to any opinion, purpose, or design.

2. Stubbornly or perversely persistent

Pertinacious is from Latin pertinax, "having a firm hold, obstinate," from per-, "thoroughly" + tenax, "holding fast, tenacious," from tenere, to hold

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:17

Our search for joy takes us many different directions—dream holidays, shopping, food, clothes, friends, cars—the list is almost endless.
My guess is that if you perked up at the mention of shopping, holidays, or cars, you might have felt a twinge of guilt. We often view the joy of temporal things as less than spiritual and show our discomfort by apologizing for nice things: “I wouldn’t have bought this, but someone gave me a wonderful deal.” As if real Christians never eat quiche, drive cool cars, or wear designer clothes
No doubt God’s greatest gift to us is our relationship with His Son Jesus
But Scripture also casts the joy of the Lord in terms of temporal things. The enjoyment of “things” can be a positive spiritual experience. When we recognize that He “gives us richly all things to enjoy” (1 Tim. 6:17) and that “every good gift . . . is from above” (James 1:17), our hearts should be full of thankfulness and praise. This, in and of itself, is an act of worship! Enjoy the Giver and the gifts
Our heavenly Father delights in bringing us delight

Our Daily Bread Daily Devotional

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

31 DAYS UNTIL WINTER !
7 DAYS UNTIL THANKSGIVING
34 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
AND 150 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

Delight yourself in the Lord

and He will give you the desires of your Heart

Psalm 37:4

May there be a miracle in YOUR life today
and may you have the EYES to SEE it!

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

MA

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1 comment:

Unknown said...: I am in the hands of God,
and in God’s time all things will be made well.

............

thank you for that.....; November 20, 2008 at 8:41 AM

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