ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Wednesday, May 20th, 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

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

For Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
MAY 20TH, 2009

TODAY'S THOUGHT

How much we enjoy what we have is more important than how much we have.

JUST FOR TODAY

We all need to look for the silver linings in our day-to-day lives

Just for today: I will remain open at all times to receive what God is offering me.
The indwelling spirit of God is both my motivation and my inspiration, encouraging me to look for and expect good.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with

The Rev. Peter Marshall

IT’S WEDNESDAY !!

OVER THE HUMP DAY!

We had another beautiful day yesterday and another one is on the way today. Wow! I do love this sunshine. It is needed for sure!

I have some wonderful news to share with you all…some already know about it, but I’m going to be a Grand’ma’ again in November. DS#3 and his wife are the happy parents to be. Babies are always a blessing and this one especially so. I am very glad for them.

There is now only two more days until my long weekend at the camper. The weather man is saying we’ll have partly cloudy skies and temps in the mid 70’s Saturday and Sunday then a slight chance of rain on Monday.

We’ll be hoping for NO rain at all!

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

TODAY’S PRAYERS

Lord of creation, help us to pause daily and

be refreshed by the wonders you scatter in our path
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!

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Pick Strawberries Day. And we assume Eat Some Fresh-Picked Strawberries Day

Today is Weights and Measures Day, marking creation on the International Bureau of Weighs and Measures at Sevres, France, on this date in 1875

Today is Turn Beauty Inside Out Day

Today is Go Fly A Kite With the Kids Day

1830 - H.D. Hyde of Reading, Pennsylvania patented the fountain pen

1916: Saturday Evening Post published artist Norman Rockwell’s first cover. It depicted a boy having to care for his infant sibling, pushing a baby carriage, while his buddies set off the play ball

1927 - Lucky Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York aboard the small airplane Spirit of St. Louis, en route to Paris, France. Thirty-three and one-half hours later, Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at his destination -- and flew into history

1941 - Harry James and his orchestra recorded the classic You Made Me Love You for Columbia Records

TODAY’S SMILE

WHAT YOUR CAR SAYS ABOUT YOU . . .

AUDI 90- I enjoy putting out engine fires.

BUICK PARK AVENUE- I am older than 34 of the 50 states.

CADILLAC ELDORADO- I am a very good Mary Kay salesman.

CHEVROLET CAMARO- I enjoy beating up people.

CHEVROLET CHEVETTE- I like seeing people's reactions when I tell them I have a 'Vette.

CHEVROLET CORVETTE- I'm in a mid-life crisis.

DODGE DAYTONA- I delivered pizza for four years to get this car.

FORD MUSTANG- I slow down to 85 in school zones.

FORD CROWN VICTORIA- I enjoy having people slow to 55 mph and change lanes when I pull up behind them

TODAY’S REFLECTION

May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works…I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Psalm 104: 31, 33

God spreads many beautiful things all around us - the wonders of creation, great music and art and books, the people we know and love and those we have yet to meet. If we are in a hurry we can miss such moments, even fail to recognize them while we're busy looking for something else. On the other hand, if we slow down we can notice these things, savor them, and praise God with thanksgiving.

TODAY’S ADVICE

After black clouds, clear weather

32 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER!

Delight yourself in the Lordand He will give you the desires of your HeartPsalm 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

2 comments:

Anita said...: Thank-you for a wonderful post! I have enjoyed getting to read your blog and am so blessed to have found it! Have a great one!; May 20, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Joyful Days said...: Congrats on the new sweetie!! November will be here before we blink!

Julie; May 21, 2009 at 12:48 AM

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