ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Monday, January 31st, 2011

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

Monday, January 31, 2011

For Monday, January 31st, 2011

JANUARY 31st, 2011

If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side

It's MONDAY!

INSPIRE YOUR HEART WITH ART DAY

Inspire Your Heart With Art Day celebrates art and the effect it can have on your heart. Art is valued and appreciated for all sorts of reasons.

Cure your mopey heart by checking out some art today. Stop by a museum, see a live performance, or make some art of your own. Finger painting counts!

THINKING

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody

Benjamin Franklin

Today: try your best to hold your tongue even if the temptation is strong.

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

If you're a popcorn lover, today is your day: National Popcorn Day!

SUPER BOWL POPCORN

4 quarts popped corn
12 ounces peanuts
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup melted butter
2 teaspoons lemon pepper
2 teaspoons cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon paprika

Combine popcorn, peanuts, and cheese in a large bowl. Set aside.

Add spices to melted butter one at a time, stirring constantly. Pour over popcorn and toss to coat.

PRAYERS

Lord, show us how to live today with genuine concern for others. In expressing our care, may we show people that they are valued, loved and appreciated for who they are.

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!

AROUND HOME

This is the last day of January! Tomorrow we'll greet a new month. January was a long cold month but there were a lot of great things that have made up these 31 days so I'll be thankful for them all and am looking forward to seeing what that groundhog will have to say about Spring when February rolls in.

Well we all know how many days till Spring anyway. I keep a countdown here on my newsletter and today it says...48 days.

Meanwhile we have another winter storm moving in by this evening and they say we could see 10 inches or more of that white stuff by Wednesday. We'll see...

Take good care all!

COUNTING THE DAYS

We can judge others or we can love others -
but we can't do both at the same time

Author Unknown

48 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!

77 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

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:

Bookncoffee said...: Love the labels on the side and I see a great big DESSERTS! That is great! I love it.

I'm looking forward to February myself. It is much closer to spring and should bring a bit of warmer temps. I'm thinking 40s and 50s instead of teens and twenties and thirties. lol

Enjoy the snow even though I know you'd rather see flowers. I'm glad you don't have to drive in it. That automatically makes snow more beautiful. lol; January 31, 2011 at 7:02 AM
Glenda said...: February just means spring is not so far away! Stay warm!; January 31, 2011 at 6:47 PM

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