For Saturday, January 31st, 2009

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
JANUARY 31ST, 2009


TODAY'S THOUGHT

Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Pablo Picasso



TODAY’S ACTION

Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.

Mae Jemison


TODAY’S QUOTE

There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton



IT’S SATURDAY !!

The good news is that there is only a 30% chance of snow today!
So…that means I’ll be off here soon to join most of my family at the Stroll for Epilepsy today. Please say a little prayer that all our travels are safe ones. No one lives close by so we’ll all be on the road.

DS#2 and #4 and their families are the only ones that won’t be with us as they are even further away in different states, but those of us in Ohio will be for sure.

Hopefully the Sunshine will make an appearance and if it doesn’t we’ll all try to make our own. Usually I can count on my family for more than one SMILE and probably a lot of them.

A SMILE is SUNSHINE to this old heart of mine.

I’ll take lots of pictures and hopefully put them up on my journal page for you all to see tomorrow.

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

TODAY’S PRAYERS

Lord, show me how to live today with genuine concern for others.
In expressing my care, may I show people that they are valued,
loved and appreciated for who they are.
Amen


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’S TRIVIA

Today is Inspire Your Heart With the Arts Day.
Inspire Your Heart With Art Day celebrates art and the effect it can have on your heart.

Tonight is Play An Old Game You Haven’t Played in Years Night. Maybe Yahztee, Scrabble, Monopoly, or Canasta. Hungry Hippo

Today is Hell Is Freezing Over Day

Today is Scotch Tape Day, marking the birth of the sticky stuff to 3M Company's Richard Drew on this date in 1928

1940 - The very first monthly retirement check was issued by the U.S. Government -- to Ida May Fuller of Ludlow, Vermont. Ida May’s check, numbered 00-000-001, was in the amount of $22.54

1982 - Sandy Duncan of Tyler, Texas gave her final performance as Peter Pan in Los Angeles, CA. The actress completed 956 performances without missing a show. She flew a total of 261.5 miles while on stage

1971: Astronauts Alan Shepard Jr., Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon


TODAY’S SMILE

I'm special (And so are you )
In all the world there's nobody like me. Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my voice. I'm special.

No one can be found who has my handwriting. Nobody anywhere has my tastes - for food or music or art. No one sees things just as I do. In all of time there's been no one who laughs like me, no one who cries like me. And what makes me laugh and cry will never provoke identical laughter and tears from anybody else, ever.

No one reacts to any situation just as I would react. I'm special.

I am the only one in all of creation who has my set of abilities. Oh, there will always be somebody who is better at one of the things I am good at, but no one in the universe can reach the quality of my combination of talents, ideas, abilities, and feelings. Like a room full of musical instruments, some may excel alone, but none can match the symphony sound when all are played together. I am a symphony. I am special, and I am beginning to realize it is no accident that I am special.

I am beginning to see that God made me special. I am beginning to see that God made me special for a very special purpose. He must have a job for me that no one else can do as well as I. Out of all the billions of applicants, only one is qualified, only one has the right combination of what it takes.

The one is me, because... I'm special.

And so are each and every one of you !
Very Special!
Author Unknown

TODAY’S WORD

variegated VAIR-ee-uh-gay-tid, adjective:

1. Having marks or patches of different colors; as, "variegated leaves or flowers."

2. Varied; distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion

Mark 4: 35-31

Faith doesn’t mean having God in the back of the boat—or in your pocket—doing what you expect him to do. You of little faith! Faith means having nought in your pocket and living with open hands. Faith means that we trust in the Lord’s way of doing things, not in our own

TODAY’S ADVICE

For every thunder with rain in February,
there will be a cold spell in May

48 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
AND 62 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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