ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

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, July 6, 2010

For Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JULY 6TH, 2010

It's TUESDAY!

Monday was a hot day here in Ohio. When I went in for the evening it was still 88 degrees and very humid out. Before I left for home yesterday, the grand'babes' decided they needed to cool off by running through the lawn sprinkler.

As you can see in the pictures they wore their swimming goggles so the water wouldn't get in their eyes. I'm sure the grass appreciated the watering too. Their mom and dad did take them swimming for a while in the afternoon too.

Today is going to be hotter yet they say. I don't know if I'll be going for my morning walk or not. We'll see...

THINKING

No one else will ever have the same fingerprints as me. Fingerprints are a sign that each person is unique and individual.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence

Isaac Newton

PRAYERS

O God, give us patience, strengthen our faith, and renew our hope when life is difficult. We trust in you for our very lives.

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.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT's

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

AROUND HOME

Besides my days at the camper it seems there is not much else on my calendar this week. It'll be a quiet one for the most part. Being on a permanent vacation is never is boring though, even if my calendar shows no important meetings or appointments.

FAMILY

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Mark Twain

DS#1 and family are on vacation this week at the camper and I'm pretty sure that DD and her hubby are going to be there too. They finally finished the work they had to do and DD says they are now on vacation.

DS#6 called and said they had a great holiday weekend. It was a busy one for them and he'll be back to work today. Our little Lucky guy is eating his cereal and applesauce now and loving it.

COUNTING THE DAYS

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy ice cream, and that's close enough.

79 DAYS UNTIL FALL

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone near…

Love,

2 comments:

Joan said...: Sorry it is not walking weather for you maybe later it will cool off a bit. Cooler here today hope it warms up for me and cools for you.Take care Love Joan; July 6, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Glenda said...: Empty calendars leave lots of time for living! Love the ice cream quote . . . had some today with my grandkids!; July 6, 2010 at 10:46 PM

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For Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

O God, give us patience, strengthen our faith, and renew our hope when life is difficult. We trust in you for our very lives.

Amen

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy ice cream, and that's close enough.

79 DAYS UNTIL FALL

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