ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

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

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

For Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
MARCH 31ST, 2009

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

Doug Larson

TODAY’S ACTION

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did

Newt Gingrich

TODAY’S QUOTE

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save

Will Rogers

IT’S TUESDAY !!

Our March is supposed to be going out like a lamb today with temps in the 50’s and blue skies and sunshine. What a blessing for sure!

Monday went by too slowly and was a very quiet day at work. Both of my bosses did call in on business related things, but I could tell that neither of them was bothered by the fact that I was at work and they were on vacation.

The leaf buds and flower buds are growing but so far nothing but a few little daffodils by the driveway have bloomed here. A few warm days like today though and we should see a difference.

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

TODAY’S PRAYERS

When I give to others, remind me dear Lord, that it is just a return for what you have given me
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.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Buy Some New Socks Day. Go ahead, you’re worth it

Today is National Clams on the Half Shell Day

Today is National She's Funny That Way Day, a day to pay tribute to funny women by listing ways the women in our lives make us laugh

1918 - Daylight saving time went into effect throughout the United States for the first time. Folks would spring ahead an hour allowing for longer early evenings

1943: The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opened on Broadway

1954: Leica introduced a revolutionary new 35-millimeter camera with dialed shutter speeds, interchangeable lenses, and a film-winding lever

TODAY’S SMILE

I'm A Senior Citizen! I'm the life of the party...... even if it lasts until 8 p.m I'm very good at opening childproof caps... with a hammer.
I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I am going.
I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.
I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying.
I'm very good at telling stories; over and over and over and over...
I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not nearly as cute as mine.
I'm so cared for - long term care, eye care, private care, dental care.
I'm not really grouchy, I just don't like traffic, waiting, crowds, lawyers, loud music,
unruly kids, Jenny Craig and Toyota commercials, barking dogs,
politicians and a few other things I can't seem to remember right now.

SOMETHING TO DO FOR LENT

Change something in your life. Make it simpler

TODAY’S REFLECTION

I do nothing on My own, but I say only what the Father taught me.

John 8: 28

Today I will strive to follow God’s Word rather than relying on myself