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

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
MARCH 18TH, 2009

TODAY'S THOUGHT

A sunrise is God's way of telling the world to lighten up

TODAY’S ACTION

Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world

Lawrence G. Lovasik

TODAY’S QUOTE

A good laugh is sunshine in the house

William Makepeace Thackeray

IT’S WEDNESDAY !!

OVER THE HUMP DAY!

I hope you all enjoyed St. Patrick’s Day. I celebrated by getting a Rueben sandwich at Arby’s for lunch. It is a huge sandwich so I only ate half and will have the other half today for lunch. They have really good rye bread that they use for their Rueben’s.

I’ve been counting down the days til camping season for so long it seems now it is getting very close. I’d better start sorting out the attic and the basement to see what I want to take with me when I first go. Not every thing will go in one trip that’s for sure.

The other thing I’m looking forward to is Easter. DD will be hosting our family get together at her house the Saturday before Easter . Both are only a few weeks away now.

Yesterday was like a day in May. Sunny and warm. It won’t last though as we are to get rain today and much cooler temps. I did sit out in my rocker on the patio after work for about an hour. It was heavenly. I even put my shorts on.

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

TODAY’S PRAYERS

Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what

I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had

Susan L. Lenzkes

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!

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Awkward Moments Day, a time to celebrate the humor of life's uncomfortable situations

Today is National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day

Lacy Oatmeal Cookies
These delicious cookies, go very well together with tea - iced or hot
2 eggs, well beaten

1 cup Sugar

1/4 cup melted butter

1 pinch salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1 cup pecans (broken)

1 cup raw oatmeal
Mix all ingredients together, oatmeal last. Blend. Drop, about 1/2 teaspoon per cookie onto cookie sheet, well spaced, and bake on top oven shelf for 10 minutes at 335 degrees. Remove from cookie sheet immediately and let cool until crisp. Yeild: 3 - 4 dozen.

1850: Henry Wells and William Fargo formed America’s first stagecoach freight line. They called it the American Express, but later changed the name to Wells-Fargo

1931: Electric razors were first manufactured by the Schick Corporation in Stanford, Connecticut

1961: Poppin’ Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy was born

TODAY’S SMILE

Proven Ways to Get Along Better With EVERYONE
1. Before you say anything to anyone, ask yourself 3 things:
Is it true?
Is it kind?
Is it necessary?
2. Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully.
3. Never miss the opportunity to compliment or say something encouraging to someone.
4. Refuse to talk negatively about others; don't gossip and don't listen to gossip.
5. Have a forgiving view of people. Believe that most people are doing the best they can.
6. Keep an open mind; discuss, but don't argue. (It is possible to disagree without being disagreeable.)
7. Forget about counting to 10. Count to 1,000 before doing or saying anything that could make matters worse.
8. Let your virtues speak for themselves.
9. If someone criticizes you, see if there is any TRUTH to what he is saying; if so, make changes. If there is no truth to the criticism, ignore it and live so that no one will believe the negative remark.
10. Cultivate your sense of humor; laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
11. Do not seek so much to be consoled, as to console; do not seek so much to be understood, as to understand; do not seek so much to be loved as to love.
Author Unknown

SOMETHING TO DO FOR LENT

Pray for Christian unity, that there would be one flock and one shepherd

TODAY’S REFLECTION
Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Matthew 5:17
Today I’ll thank Jesus for being the perfect sacrifice the law required and the prophets foretold.

TODAY’S ADVICE

Never put your hand out farther than you can draw it back again

Irish proverb

2 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
AND 16 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

3 comments:

Happy Being Me said...: Haven't done much planting as of yet, just trying to get the grounds ready - did find a nest of baby bunnies though. Now that's an odd thing to plant wouldn't ya say?
Take care and enjoy the sunshine,
Katie; March 18, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Kath said...: I am afraid I didn't feel too good yesterday to enjoy St Patricks Day, but I was full of the joys of spring today.It has been a beautiful day and I have gardened all afternoon.Ye sit is so near to spring and I cannot wait.I am happy you were able to sit out.I hope you enjoyed your Arby's He-He.Have another lovely day Take Care God Bless Kath xx; March 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Marie Rayner said...: Ma, I have been such a bad blog reader this week. I just haven't had enough hours in my day! I love all the thoughts you share with us each day and the quotes and beautiful graphics. You do such a lovely job of it. I don't know where you find the time! But I am glad that you do!; March 19, 2009 at 4:02 AM

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