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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

Sunday, February 15, 2009

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
FEBRUARY 15TH, 2009

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Being in a good frame of mind helps keep one in the picture of health

Author Unknown

TODAY’S ACTION

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things

Robert Brault

TODAY’S QUOTE

When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you've growled all day long

Author Unknown

IT’S SUNDAY !!

I know we are all very tired of winter so I thought I’d put some spring graphics in my newsletter today. They looked so bright and cheery I couldn’t help myself.

I really got in the Spring like frame of mind after shopping yesterday. All the stores were full of nice colorful clothing for warmer weather. I probably out did my self shopping but the sales were great. I told DD that after next year I won’t be able to shop like this so I had to take advantage of it now.
Hopefully I’ll retire in 2010.

Today after my trip to church, I’ll have to make up for not being at home yesterday. The laundry needs to be done and things put in order for the new work week ahead.

I’ll have some pictures of my shopping spree on my journal page if you want to take a look. It’s a good thing I only do this once a year.

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

TODAY’S PRAYERS

Lord, help me see the ways I'm too self-centered this week. Help me notice the needs of those you place in my life. Stretch my heart to love more today
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.

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 Thanks for a Great Valentine's Day

The 4-day Great Backyard bird Count begins today

Today is Burger Lovers Day

Today is National Gumdrop Day

Today is National I Want Butterscotch Day

Jewelry Day - Celebrated on the birthday of Charles Tiffany, the famous American jeweler

1502: Amerigo Vespucci sets sail for South America

1564: Astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy

1758: Mustard was advertised for the first time in America. It was Benjamin Franklin who brought mustard to America

1764: In Missouri, the city of St. Louis was established

1958: The Dick Clark Show debuted on ABC-TV in prime-time

TODAY’S SMILE

A couple of short ones today…

Todd and Jill went to a "Dude Ranch" while in Texas. The cowboy preparing the horses asked if she wanted a Western or English saddle, and she asked what the difference was.He told her one had a horn and one didn't.Jill replied, "The one without the horn is fine. I don't expect we'll run into too much traffic out here."

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?"
The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow and rested. All of a sudden a fox appeared that jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
The moral of this story is simple: to be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up

TODAY’S LINK

WHAT IS YOUR VALENTINES DAY PERSONALITY

http://feeds.blogthings.com/whatsyourvalentinesdaypersonalityquiz/

This is what mine said…

You think of Valentine's Day as the perfect chance to show people you care.It's not exclusively a romantic holiday for you. You like to celebrate with your friends too.Valentine's Day makes you nostalgic for cute cards and cheap candies.You love the idea of a Valentine's Day where everyone feels included

I know Valentine Day is over but it was a fun thing to do!

TODAY’S WORD

myopia \mahy-OH-pee-uh\, noun:

1. an abnormal eye condition in which only closeup objects are seen clearly; nearsightedness
2. shortsightedness; lack of foresight

medical Latin, from Late Greek myopia, from myops "near-sighted," from myein "to shut" + ops, eye

TODAY’S REFLECTION

A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, "If you wish, you can make me clean." Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, I do will it. Be made clean.
Mark 1:40
Jesus touches us in the very condition we wish we were not. The leper can never pretend he wasn’t unclean. Facing the truth about ourselves isn’t easy. Our belief in Jesus removes the spots of darkness and the pretenses of our being angelic. Jesus continues standing next to us when we choose to go outside, because we cannot stand ourselves. That, right there, is our twenty-first century form of leprosy and He still waits to grace it.
No one who sought Jesus out was refused his help.

TODAY’S ADVICE

If the first bird a maiden sees today is a sparrow,
she will marry a farmer

33 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
AND 47 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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2 comments:

Kath said...: Your sprimg graphics are delightful they cheered me plenty.I will go with the Buttersctch Day too Mmmm I love butterscotch LOL!!Chuckled at the smiles today.Have a blessed Sunday.Going over to see your batgain hunts now He-He.Take Care God Bless Kath xx; February 15, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Joyful Days said...: This was a particularly good post, MA! Thanks for the good thoughts.

Julie; February 15, 2009 at 2:55 PM

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