For Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 22nd,  2012

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

It's SUNDAY!  

CELEBRATION OF LIFE DAY

January 22 is Celebration of Life Day. It is a time to honor our children and grandchildren in America. Each child and each life is to be held as a precious gift and should be treated with the highest respect and dignity.

Not only is there a Celebration of Life Day in January, but the first Week in January is designated as Celebration of Life Week, with the entire month being called Celebration of Life Month.

 If you haven't been appreciating your life the way you think you should be, today is a great chance to start. It can encourage you to keep up the process for the rest of the year and beyond. When you express gratitude for your life on a daily basis, it can make you happier in every area from work to personal relationships. From thanking those who raised you to making a plan for your life, there are a variety of ways to partake in Celebration of Life.

Celebrate your life by doing something you've always wanted to do.  Chances are there's a whole slew of items you want to do at some point in your life, so put pen to paper and make your bucket list. Write down everything you want to do, and if possible, start making plans to get some of the things done. 

Make a goal to celebrate life in some way, however small, every day. 

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told:  I am with you kid.  Let's go.  

Maya Angelou

 NEWS FROM HOME

Unlike last week when I stayed home due to inclement weather, today should be a great day and I will be going off to church as usual.  I should have some company though, and that will be a great thing.

We've really got to enjoy and celebrate with our families when we can.  DD and her hubby and DS#5 and his family were over for dinner and birthday cake for DS#6 yesterday.  He and his family made it in here mid morning, then  we went into the art museum for a very pleasant day then home for dinner after that.  The snow had stopped and the roads were all clear.  It really turned out to be a nice day.

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.  

Grandma Moses

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!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

The Train of Life

Some folks ride the train of life

looking out the rear,

Watching miles of life roll by,

And marking every year.

They sit in sad remembrance, 

Of wasted days gone by,

And curse their life for what it was,

And hang their head and cry.

But I don't concern myself wit that,

I took a different vent,

I look forward to what life holds,

And not what has been spent.

So strap me to the engine,

As securely as I can be.

I want to be out on the front,

To see what I can see.

I want to see what life enfolds,

As I move from place to place.

I want to see what's coming up

Not looking at the past.

Life's too short for yesterdays,

It moves along too fast.

So if the ride gets bumpy,

While you are looking back,

Go up front, and you may find

Your life has jumped the track.

It's all right to remember,

That's part of history,

But up front's where it's happening.

There's so much mystery.

The enjoyment of living,

It's looking ever forward,

To another year and ten.

It's searching all the byways,

Never should you refrain.

For if you want to live your life

You've goot drive the train.

Author Unknown

COUNTING THE DAYS

Life is like a blanket too short.  You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.  

Marion Howard

58 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

90 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