ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Sunday, January 8th, 2012

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

Sunday, January 8, 2012

For Sunday, January 8th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 8TH, 2012

If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.

It's SUNDAY!

Bubble Bath Day

We all need to take a little time to unwind and relax, so why not with a bubble bath? Today is a fun day to relax an enjoy the warm and soothing pleasures of a bubble bath. Best of all, it can be enjoyed by kids and adults. For kids, it's playtime. For adults, it's soothing pleasure.

Fill the tub with bubbly water. Hop in and just enjoy the soothing water and bubbles. Before hoping in, set the mood with candles placed safely around the bathroom and tub. Add a radio playing softly on the sink counter.

Oh, and don't forget your rubber duckie!

Celebrate your successes...take a warm bubble bath… make someone else feel important... spread some good news … make a wish on a star… invent new reasons to celebrate… call your favorite aunty… eat chocolate... bake bread from scratch... get into the flow of life...

NEWS FROM HOME

After church this morning, I'm going to be fixing my New Year's dinner for those in my family that can come. It will probably just be those here in town, but I didn't fix it last weekend as even they had other plans. The roast is way to large just to fix for myself, so I waited until I knew I would have some company to help me eat it.

So this will be my 2nd weekend for having pork and sauerkraut. I've read that sauerkraut is supposed to be very good for you so at least I'll have been eating something healthy.

I do hope your Sunday is filled with lots of that good R and R that we all need.

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 difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them

Author Unknown

Focus on the wonderful things that are present in your life now.

COUNTING THE DAYS

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year

Ralph Waldo Emerson

72 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

104 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,

3 comments:

Kay G. said...: Better keep yourself shiny and bright, you are the window in which you see the world.; January 8, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Kath said...: Enjoy your company Ma and your meal.I hope you don't overdo it.Looking forward to new pics then this week.Have a great day.Take care God Bless Kath xx; January 8, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Barb said...: Pam, the New Year's dinner sounds just delicious.

Have a wonderful time and a blessed Sunday.

Barb ♥; January 8, 2012 at 3:00 PM

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