For Monday, January 23rd, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 23rd,  2012

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

It's MONDAY!  

NATIONAL HANDWRITING DAY

There is a day for everything and January 23rd is the day to recognize the good ol’ handwriting.  January 23rd. commemorates the birthday  John Hancock  who was born in 1737  and he was the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.

Sad to say that many of us have pretty bad handwriting. After all, what do we need good handwriting for when we use computers? You actually use it a lot. The pen industry is still going strong. 

National Handwriting Day is an opportunity to reintroduce yourself to a pen or pencil and a piece of paper. Participate in National Handwriting Day by writing a note or letter to someone. Love letters are cool. Notes to people who are ill or incapacitated will be well received

Have fun on this day and get reacquainted with the old friends: pen and paper

The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium. 

Norbet Platt

NEWS FROM HOME

I remember how wonderful it would be to receive a letter in the mail.  Packed away in my treasures somewhere there are many letters that I've saved.  I have some from my grandmother and I have many from my DDH.  I have some with congratulations on the birth of one or the other of my children.  I'll probably never get rid of them.  They represent warm loving thoughts and words from dear ones in years gone by.

Now, I watch for an e-mail or even a text message from those I care about.  How times do change.  They are no less treasured but keeping them for a long time is not quite as easy.  I can store them in my computer but sadly computers have a way of breaking down and so I have lost many of them.

I put this newsletter on a blog every day and in someway hope that will preserve what I write about, but who knows how long that will last either. 

Just my thoughts for a Monday...Have a great week everyone!

Write:  write letters.  Keep journals.  Besides your children, there is no surer way of achieving immortality

Ken Burns

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!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Kids Letters to God

In Sunday School they told us what you do.  Who does it when you are on vacation?  Jane

How did you know you were God?  Charlene

Dear God, I read the Bible.  What does begat mean?  Nobody will tell me.  Love Allison

Dear God, On halloween I am going to wear a devil's costume,  Is that all right with you?  Marnie

Dear God, Are you really invisible or is that just a trick?  Lucy

Dear God, Is it true my father won't get in heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house?  Anita

Dear God, Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident?  Norma

Dear God, Who draws the lines around the countries?  Nan

Dear God, I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church.  Is that OK?

Neil

God, it's OK that you made different religions, but don't you get mixed up sometimes?  Arnold

Dear God, My grandpa says you were around when he was a little boy.  How far back to you go?  Love, Dennis

Dear God, I keep waiting for spring but it never come yet.  Don't forget.

Mark

Original Sources Unknown

COUNTING THE DAYS

When you are describing,
A shape, or sound, or tint;
Don't state the matter plainly,
But put it in a hint;
And learn to look at all things,
With a sort of mental squint.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

57 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

89 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