ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Friday, June 10th, 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

Friday, June 10, 2011

For Friday, June 10th, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 10th, 2011

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

It's FRIDAY!

National Iced Tea Day

Iced tea is so good it gets its own month and its own day

Chances are, it is already hot in your area. Today may serve as a good reminder to make and enjoy your first of many Iced Tea drink of the season. Have it plain, add a little lemon, or sweeten it with sugar. Iced Tea is certainly a favorite summer cooler of millions of Americans. And best of all, tea is good for your health!

It takes no imagination to decide how to enjoy this great day: Grab an Iced Tea and head out to the hammock strung under a shady tree

Since ancient times, people have believed that tea has a wide range of medicinal uses. Modern research has given credibility to many of these beliefs and identified more In some cases research is not conclusive. Regardless of the final determination as to it's value over time, drink and enjoy because there is no research to suggest that it can hurt you and it just tastes good.

It's soothing, relaxing, enjoy a glass of Iced Tea today!

Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company

Author Unknown

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

Herb and Spice Day!

Can you imagine a time before thyme? Could we carry on without tarragon? Try going a stint without mint. What makes an herb an herb and a spice a spice is the part of the plant that's used. Herbs are from the leafy part; spices are seeds, fruits, roots, or bark. Now, in addition to your poetry for all seasonings, you can also share that tidbit of information the next time you find yourself standing near the spice rack at a party.

Although there are many types of basil used in cooking, sweet basil, lemon basil, purple Thai basil, the basil leaf is known for its pungent aroma and flavor similar to mint and clove. Basil is a versatile herb well suited to tomatoes, meat dishes , and is a primary ingredient in pesto sauce

Here is a quick and easy Pesto recipe to top off your pasta. A great change from the red sauce.

3 cups fresh basil leaves

1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

4 cloves garlic, peeled

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 cup olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

In a food processor, blend together basil leaves, nuts, garlic, and cheese. Pour in oil slowly while still mixing. Stir in salt and pepper.

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

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

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

C.S. Lewis

Summer time means that I do drink a lot of tea. Cold and Iced and Sweet too.

Iced tea is like a symbol of warm sunny days relaxing in the shade to me.

I drink my coffee black with no cream and sugar, but I love my tea sweet.

Many years ago a Kentucky grandmother gave a new bride the following recipe for washing clothes....

Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water.
Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is blowing.
Shave one whole cake of lye soap in boiling water.
Sort things, make 3 piles. 1 pile white, 1 pile colored, 1 pile work britches and rags.
To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with boiling water. Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and then boil. Rub colored, don't boil, just rinse and starch.
Take things out of kettle with broomstick handle, then rinse, and starch.
Hang old rags on fence.
Spread tea towels on grass.
Pour rinse water in flower bed.
Scrub porch with hot soapy water.
Turn tubs upside down.
Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs.
Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell and count your blessings.

Hang this above your Automatic Washing Machine, and when things look bleak, read it again -- and count YOUR blessings!

Author Unknown

Hope your day is blessed with a good glass of Iced Tea!

COUNTING THE DAYS

If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you.
Gladstone, 1865

11 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER!

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

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

Love,

1 comment:

Glenda said...: I love sweet iced tea, too! My mama's was the best!! One of my favorite teas is sold at McAllister's Deli . . . you may not have that chain in your area.

. . . and you are so right: we are truly blessed to have modern-day appliances!

Have a great weekend!; June 10, 2011 at 8:25 PM

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If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you.

Gladstone, 1865

11 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER!

11 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER!

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