ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Wednesday, March 9th, 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

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

For Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
March 9TH, 2011

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

It's WEDNESDAY!

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Most Christian churches observe a period of fasting and penitence beginning today and continuing until the Saturday before Easter

THINKING

Hope never abandons you, you abandon it

George Weinberg

Today: Recommit to accomplishing a difficult task

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

National Crabmeat Day

Today is a fine time to get crabby! National Crabmeat Day celebrates our favorite crustacean and its place on the culinary popularity scale. And what a funny little creature! Not many other foods walk sideways and tote around an exoskeleton!

Impossible Seafood Pie

1 package (6 oz. size) crabmeat (crabmeat drained and cartilage removed
OR
1 can (4 1/2 oz. size) shrimp, rinsed and drained
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 package (3 oz. size) cream cheese, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
1/4 cup sliced green onions
1 jar (2 oz. size) chopped pimento (optional)
2 cups milk
1 cup biscuit baking mix
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 dash nutmeg
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease pie plate (10 x 1 1/2). Mix meat, cheese, onions and pimento in plate. Beat remaining ingredients until smooth; 15 seconds in blender on high or 1 minute with hand beater.

Pour into plate. Bake until knife inserted between center and edge comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. High altitude: Bake 45 to 50 minutes.

Makes 6 Servings

PRAYERS

Lord, Teach us to be loving not only in great and exceptional moments,
but above all in the ordinary events of daily life

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

I had a perfect celebration day yesterday! And I do thank everyone for all the good wishes that came my way! I am thankful for another year to try and get it right.

Bet you can't read these and stay in a bad mood!

How Do You Catch a Unique Rabbit?
Unique Up On It.

How Do You Catch a Tame Rabbit?
Tame Way, Unique Up On It.

What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall?
Dam!

What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice too Long?
Polaroids.

What Do You Call a Boomerang That Doesn't work?
A Stick.

What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours?
Nacho Cheese.

What Do You Call Santa's Helpers?
Subordinate Clauses.

What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand?
Quattro Sinko..

What Do You Get From a Pampered Cow?
Spoiled Milk.

What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches?
A Nervous Wreck.

Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive?
Because It Scares The Dog.

What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic?
Sanka.

Why Did Pilgrims' Pants Always Fall Down?
Because They Wore Their Belt Buckle On Their Hat.

What's The Difference Between a Bad Golfer And a Bad Skydiver?
A Bad Golfer Goes, Whack, Dang!
A Bad Skydiver Goes Dang! Whack.

Now, admit it. At least one of these made you smile!

COUNTING THE DAYS

FIRST WARNING!

On Sunday March 13 at 2 a.m., Daylight Saving Time begins
SPRING FORWARD

11 DAYS UNTIL SPRING
40 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,
ma

3 comments:

Millie said...: I like the joke between the golfer and the skydiver, will share that with my dh. Have a great day!; March 9, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Happy Being Me said...: I am passing this blog entry on to a great friend whom I am sure will enjoy as much as I do. Thanks for sharing. Have a blessed day my friend, Take care,
Katie; March 9, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Marie Rayner said...: Oh I do wish I could eat seafood as your pie recipe looks fabulous. As always your post brought a smile to my face. It is such a wonderful thing, to be able to look at the bright side of life I think. Thanks for all that you share with us. xxoo; March 10, 2011 at 2:30 AM

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