ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Thursday, March 3rd, 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

Thursday, March 3, 2011

For Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

March 3rd, 2011

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

It's THURSDAY!

I Want YOU to Be Happy Day!

I Want You to be Happy Day is an unselfish day. Its a thought that we wish upon others that we care for or love.

Celebrate today by doing more than wishing someone is happy. Do something to make others happy. Ideas include a phone call, making positive compliments, or cooking a special meal. Be creative. There are endless ways to make others happy.

Happy people roll with the punches. They know from experience that everything changes. Today's good fortune may vanish tomorrow, today's crisis may turn out to be tomorrow's good fortune.

Author Unknown

THINKING

Feed your mind with thoughts that cause it to be peaceful. To have a mind full of peace merely fill it full of peace. It's as simple as that

If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to there and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.
Matthew 17:20

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

Today is National Cold Cut Day!

Cold Cut Sandwiches are a quick and easy no cook way to put dinner on the table fast. Paired with fries or chips and a pickle, you have a filling meal and you didn’t even have to turn on the stove

Sandwiches are the number one food choice for lunch. Sandwiches are also consumed in one out of nine dinners eaten at home. The most popular sandwich in America is ham, followed by the BLT

The best trick fro sandwiches to to make something on the weekend for dinner and plan for leftovers. Ham is good, so is turkey or chicken. Slice it up, sprinkle a little seasoning like Peppery Herb rub or Over the Edge Herbed Spinach Blend and put it on your favorite bread.

Cold cuts should only be kept for 3-5 days in an airtight container in the meat drawer where it’s cold!

PRAYERS

Lord, Help us to transform our difficulties and disabilities into opportunities for growth.
Shine the light of your Spirit on us that we may grow as the people you are calling us to be.
Inspire us to develop the talents you have given us for the benefit and the service of those people
you have placed in our life. May each of us
become a blessing for others.

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

There are times when life isn't all you want, but it's all you have. So what I say is: Have it! Stick a geranium in your hat and be happy!

Author Unknown

It was a quiet Wednesday, still cold and mostly cloudy day yesterday at my house. Had it not been for Mr. Wonderful being here, I could have probably been content to just take a long nap. Today I think it will be a little bit warmer and mostly sunny.

The snow is melting slowly but it is going away little by little. Friday and Saturday it's supposed to rain so I'm sure it will be gone by then. Come Sunday they say we have a chance of snow showers again.

Take good care all!

COUNTING THE DAYS

So stop waiting until you finish school,
until you go back to school,
until you lose ten pounds,
until you gain ten pounds,
until you have kids,
until your kids leave the house,
until you start work,
until you retire,
until you get married,
until you get divorced,
until Friday night,
until Sunday morning,
until you get a new car or home,
until your car or home is paid off,
until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter,
until you are off welfare,
until the first or fifteenth,
until your song comes on,
until you've had a drink,
until you've sobered up,
until you die,
until you are born again
to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...

Author Unknown

17 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

46 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:

Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) said...: Dang, I've banned cold cuts from the house. Tryin' to keep Hubs off the blood pressure meds. He reacts to salt like crazy so I'm fresh cookin' everything for his lunch box.

Now sister, I've got a hankerin' for a bologna sandwich!!! Heeehehe!!!

'All your falt!

God bless and enjoy your day my friend!!!

Giveaway...my place! :o); March 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Happy Being Me said...: Oh how I've missed your thoughtfulnees and your daily reads. Hoping your everyday is treating you well my friend. Take care and enjoy!
Katie; March 3, 2011 at 3:58 PM

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