ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

THE BRIGHT SIDE

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

Friday, February 13, 2009

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
FEBRUARY 13TH, 2009

TODAY'S THOUGHT

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

Wilson Mizner

TODAY’S ACTION

When it comes to luck, you make your own.

Bruce Springsteen

TODAY’S QUOTE

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bright side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.

Michelle Pfeiffer

IT’S FRIDAY !!

As always I’m celebrating the end of another week. I really didn’t do much of anything different, but I made it and the good Lord knows what a struggle that is for me some days.

On my way home from work yesterday I saw a mama goose sitting on her nest along the road. Papa goose was standing right beside her. Protecting her I guess. This part of the road is where I always have to be careful in the Spring as there will be whole families of Canadian Geese crossing the road.

Spring must be on the way!

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

TODAY’S PRAYERS

Lord, thank you for loving us and caring about all the details of our lives. Help us to be more aware of you as we go through the day.
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 ALL!

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 Friday the 13th

Today is Blame Someone Else Day
always on the first Friday the 13th of each year

Today is National Suck in Your Gut Day

Today is Guys Don't Forget Tomorrow Is Valentine's Day Day

1635: The oldest public school in the United States, the Boston Public Latin School, was founded

1965: 16-year-old Peggy Fleming won the U.S. Ladies Senior Figure Skating Title at Lake Placid, New York

TODAY’S SMILE

This one is dedicated to DS#1 who will be attempting the DAGWOOD super sized sandwich today.

Top Ten Questions To Ask Yourself Before Ordering A Hamburger With Four Beef Patties

10. Are my papers in order?

9. Can I get it supersized?

8. Will I have time to run 298 miles so I can burn off all the calories?

7. Could this have anything to do with why the rest of the world hates us?

6. Should I talk to my doctor about Lipitor?

5. Can I get it on a low-carb bun?

4. How come there isn't any sausage on these bad boys?

3. Why do I have to sign a release form before I buy one?

2. Should I wait until they come out with a burger that has “five” patties?

1. Do I have my cardiologist on speed dial?

TODAY’S WORD

froward \FROH-werd\, adjective:
not easily managed; contrary

Old English fromweard "turned from or away," from from + -weard. The opposite of toward, it was Latin pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant about to depart, departing

TODAY’S REFLECTION

The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
Jeremiah 31:3

God longs for time with us
The Bible contains verses telling us that we are loved. "Come to me," Christ urges. The Bible uses references to both a father's and a mother's love to express God's feelings for us. God longs just to spend time with us - talking about the good things and the difficult things that happen in our day.
Just as we enjoy spending time with the people we love, so God wants to hear about the small things that make up our day, to sit and visit awhile.

Parts and pieces of an online devotional I read the other day

TODAY’S ADVICE

Hard water becomes nearly soft by boiling

35 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
AND 49 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

Delight yourself in the Lord