ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Tuesday, July 12th, 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

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

For Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

It's TUESDAY!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO DD AND HER HUBBY!

May the dear Lord bless you both today and always!

All you really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

Charles Schulz

Happy Anniversary!

SUMMER VACATION DAY #3

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before leading wherever I choose.

Walt Whitman

We were up about 7 yesterday morning and after a very super nice continental breakfast we headed for the Nashville Zoo. We had a picnic lunch there and then met up with DS#6 and his family. It was hot to say the least. 99 degrees and with the heat index it felt like 110. I spent a lot of time in the shade my lemonade and a cool squirt bottle that I had filled with water. It also had a fan on it so you could spray the water and then sit with the fan on to cool down. They walked around and saw the rest of the sights of the zoo. I also visited the gift shop about 6 times as it was air conditioned in there.

After the zoo, we headed for our hotel in Fultondale, Alabama. We ate a late dinner at Applebees and then DS#5 and family went to the pool, I stayed here in the room. Today we are on the final leg of our trip and will end up at DS#2's hopefully early evening.

Take good care all, Stay cool!

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!

COUNTING THE DAYS

Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip

Robert J. Hastings

73 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,

1 comment:

Kath said...: Lets hope this comment works Ma.I have not been on blogger for quite a while due to not letting me comment.I have given it a rest and I am trying again now."Happy Anniversary" to your DD and Hubby. I hope you have the most wonderful break.Boy those temps are hot.I couldn't cope I am sure..Take Care God Bless Kath xx; July 12, 2011 at 3:46 PM

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For Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip

Robert J. Hastings

Robert J. Hastings

73 DAYS UNTIL FALL

73 DAYS UNTIL FALL

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