ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Thursday, September 15th, 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, September 15, 2011

For Thursday, September 15th, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2011

It's THURSDAY!

FELT HAT DAY

On this day, men traditionally wear a felt hat. Women can participate in this day, too. They just have to have a felt hat.
Back in the early to mid 1900s, hats were popularly worn by both men and women. It was stylish. At that time, felt was a common material for men's hats. With cooler Fall weather approaching, the guys went to the coat closet and dusted off their felt hats , and began to wear them once more.
Celebrating this day is easy....just wear a felt hat. It can be of any style, as long as the material is felt. No other hat material will do.

It is also Make a Hat Day so I suppose if you don't have a felt hat you could make one...

Life is like a new hat. You don't know if it suits you if you keep trying it on in front of your own mirror.

Shirley McLaine

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

National Linguine Day

Spaghetti may be the superstar of pastas, but the flat, narrow noodle that means little tongues in Italian now has its own day to stick out! Americans tend to use linguine more with a pesto sauce and clams, whereas spaghetti is viewed as suitable with a meat and tomato sauce. But it's all good with linguine!

Ham and Linguine Primavera

8 ounces linguine or any pasta , uncooked
1 package, 16 ounce size, frozen broccoli florets
8 slices smoked ham, cut into strips or chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper, optional

Prepare pasta as directed on package, adding broccoli during last 4 minutes of pasta cooking time. Drain; return to pan. Add remaining ingredients; toss to coat.

Makes 4 servings

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 ALL!

AROUND HOME

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple, with a red hat that doesn't go...

Jenny Joseph

When I turned 50 I got one of those red hats and planned to display it proudly. Now I'm well over 60 and the hat has been hidden out of site for so long that I'm not sure exactly where it is. It is a felt hat so I suppose I should dig it out today in celebration of Felt Hat Day.

The sad thing is that it is soon going to be hat and coat weather. Our temps have dropped dramatically. I saw one weather report that said we may even go down in the 40's tonight. It's way to early to be that cold already. I'm sure there are some warmer days ahead yet.

I finished DDIL#4's birthday shawl so I can put it in the mail today. I don't think it's gotten chilly yet where she is but when it does she'll have something new to keep warm with.

COUNTING THE DAYS

So many hats and only one head!

8 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...: I'm not much of a hat wearer myself unless it's my Boston Red Sox cap. But if I had to wear one, I would go with my mowing the lawn and must keep sun off me floppy straw hat! :) I was just speaking with my hubs yesterday telling him, "I need to make a shawl or go to the goodwill and find one of the old wrap sweaters."

I read your prayer daily and include the troops and civil servants! Hugs. Tammy; September 15, 2011 at 8:15 AM
Bookncoffee said...: Oh that recipe sounds so good. Yum. Love the blog pic in this entry.; September 15, 2011 at 8:46 AM

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