ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Tuesday, January 3rd, 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

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

For Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 3rd, 2012

It's TUESDAY!

FESTIVAL OF SLEEP DAY

It is the perfect date for Festival of Sleep Day. The holidays are over...Wow, weren't they exhausting! It's cold and snowy.... time to hibernate. And, why not recharge the batteries as a new year of school and work begins?No, you are not dreaming. But, perhaps you should be. Festival of Sleep Day is today. It is an opportunity to sleep in, snooze, doze, nap, and catch 40 winks.

Whether its all day, a full 8 hours, or just a power nap, enjoy the day sleeping. Remember though, that there is to be no sleeping while working or while you are driving...

Take good care all!

I'm not asleep... but that doesn't mean I'm awake.

Author Unknown

NEWS FROM HOME

Today our temps will be in the mid to low 20's all day, but the good news is they will be rising and by the end of the week we'll be back up in the high 40's. That may not sound exciting to you because every day we have above freezing in January is a blessing. Too often it is the coldest month of the year.

Today I'm supposed to go out and get my hair cut, but that depends on the weather and how the roads are

We'll see....

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

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.

Irish Proverb

A good laugh has great short-term effects. When you start to laugh, it doesn't just lighten your load mentally, it actually induces physical changes in your body. Laughter enhances your intake of oxygen-rich air, stimulates your heart, lungs and muscles, and increases the endorphins that are released by your brain. A rollicking laugh fires up and then cools down your stress response and increases your heart rate and blood pressure. The result? A good, relaxed feeling.

Happy people are relaxed people.

COUNTING THE DAYS

The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.

Wilson Mizener

77 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

109 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,

6 comments:

Sandy aka Doris the Great said...: Alas, I am back at work and unable to participate in this festival!; January 3, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Barb said...: Hi Pam,

Sleep....now that is something I could use more of. Find it hard to sleep in the last couple of years. Yikes!

Have a wonderful day. Stay warm. Brrrrrrr.

Barb ♥; January 3, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Kath said...: I do try manage a nap each day Ma,and I did have a sleep in this morning,the first since before Christmas.Only until 6-30am that was,I ama very early riser at 5am each day.Laughter is the best medicine and you know I love to laugh.I have just had a good chuckle on FB at one of my friends Posts.On Christmas Eve to save her some time Christmas day,she has a (Double Oven ) so she put the top oven on to cook the turkey and placed the turkey in the bottom oven Heeeeeeee.Alas.....When they woke next morning .....Guess they had to wait a little longer for thier Christmas meal.Heeeeeeeee > Prayers for the Troops always .Take Care God Bless Kath xx; January 3, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) said...: Woohoo!!! Only 77 days 'till spring. Sure sounds good to me!

I adore the Garfield cartoon...toasters...heeehehheef!!!

God bless you sweetie and I hope your havin' a beautiful day! :o); January 3, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Kay G. said...: Just had a conversation with my nephew on New Year's Day and he does the same thing that I do, hits the snooze button twice before we get up! So, that Garfield cartoon really made me laugh. Thank you!; January 3, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Sandra Wilkes said...: I do love winter but then it isn''t really harsh here. I'll be ready for spring when it comes though. Love the part about the toaster!; January 3, 2012 at 7:28 PM

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