ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Friday, September 2nd, 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, September 2, 2011

For Friday, September 2nd, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2011

It's FRIDAY!

CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT DAY

Today is Calendar Adjustment Day, marking the day in 1751 when Britian and the American colonies proclaimed the day following Wednesday, September 2nd would be Thursday, September 14th. There was rioting in the streets by folks who felt cheated and wanted their 11 days back.

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

September is NATIONAL HONEY MONTH

Quick: other than honey, can you name a food widely eaten by people that is produced by insects? Me either! Honey bees play a large part in the reproduction of much plant life, and give us a delicious sweetener in the process

With a long shelf life, honey is popular as a recipe ingredient, a topping, or even a sugar substitute. The sweet stuff even has practical applications, such as in health and beauty products. Winnie the Pooh was really onto something, wasn't he?

Say: Honey, I'm home, during National Honey Month!

HONEY MUSTARD PORK CHOPS

1 tablespoon flour
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
4 pork chops, 1/2-inch thick, fat trimmed
basil leaves
seasoned salt
4 medium carrots, diagonally sliced
2 medium golden delicious apples, cored, cut in eighths
Thinly sliced orange rind swirls, for garnish

Preheat oven to 350 F. Shake flour in oven bag; place in 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Add orange juice, honey and mustard to bag. Squeeze bag to blend ingredients.

Sprinkle pork chops with basil and seasoned salt; place in bag. Place carrot and apple slices in bag around pork chops.

Close bag with nylon tie; cut 6 half-inch slits in top.

Bake until pork chops are tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand in bag 5 minutes.

I haven't used one of those oven bags in a long long time, I may have to pick one up soon and give this recipe a try.

Today is V-J Day, marking Japan's official surrender in World War II on this date in 1945. The informal surrender was announced and celebrated two weeks earlier on August 14th.

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 EM

GOD BLESS YOU!

4,474 American service members have died in Iraq since the war began. May they rest in eternal peace. August marks the first month since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that no American forces have died. Amen.

AROUND HOME

Life is like a doughnut... you're either in the dough or in the hole.

September is back to school time for many after the summer holidays. For some children it is a very exciting day as they begin school for the first time.. For nearly everyone it is good to be back to a routine again. Routine allows us to be comfortable with what we have to do and what we like to do. For many schools September feels like the beginning of a new year. There is a great sense of anticipation and looking forward. As we begin our journey through this month of September, we ask God's blessings on all of us. We ask God to help us with our daily routine. We pray also that back to school will go smoothly for everyone especially for those starting school for the first time.This year our local schools start after this Labor Day weekend.

I will be enjoying the weekend at my little place in the woods. This time I'll be driving myself. I'm not really nervous at all about driving, but if you thought I was a careful driver before, you can bet I'll be even more cautious now.

DS#1 and his family will be the only ones in my immediate family there for this holiday celebration so I'm hoping that the rest are going to have a great weekend too. I know that we will!

Be safe everyone! Enjoy the weekend!

COUNTING THE DAYS

Fall begins in the Northern Hemisphere on September 23, 2011, at 5:05 A.M. EDT.

20 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,

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Dearest Ma,
I have come to enjoy these reads so much. I especially love the fall countdown as it is my all time favorite season. It is the one time a year my auto-immune disorders are not affected by the weather. I also love you include the troops every day. Blessings to you.
Tammy; September 2, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Unknown said...: Your reads are delightful. I look forward to the fall season since it's my favorite, so enjoyed your fall countdown. And like Tammy, I appreciate your remembering the troops. Love you; September 2, 2011 at 8:19 PM

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