For Friday, February 17th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FEBRUARY 17TH,  2012

Celebrate the happiness
that friends are always giving,
make every day a holiday,
and celebrate just living!

Amanda Bradley

It's FRIDAY!  

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY

Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day. And, you know what to do...perform a few random acts of kindness. Almost any kind deed will do. And, we highly recommend you perform kind acts on as many people as you can.
This is a favorite day of many people and groups. People like the idea of showing a little kindness to others. Its a fun and good thing to do. And, they like being on the receiving end of this day as well. It makes both the giver and the receiver feel good.
Schools have used this day as an educational event, and to promote the value of kindness. Organizations have used this day to promote their cause, and for fundraisers.
Caution: What comes around, goes around. Random Acts of Kindness is highly contagious.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.  It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.  

Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

NEWS FROM HOME

Today DD and I hope to get out and do some Presidents's Day Sale shopping.  Every year we go off to the outlet mall and see what kind of sales they have.  We've never been disappointed.  There have always been good sales.

We've been going now for many years and only once in all that time did the weather keep us home.  That one time was one of the biggest storms we'd had and everyone was advised to stay off the roads.  I remember how disappointed I was not to be going because I'd taken a vacation day from work just especially to go shopping with her.  The bright side of things was that I didn't have travel on those treacherous roads to go to work either.

Today they are saying we will have mostly sunny skies with temps in the low 40's. 

 We'll see...

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.  

Author Unknown

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

God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus. 

Max Lucado

You are special:  you have worth and value...believe it, receive it, and be all you can be in Christ.

There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love. 

Make Every Day Matter

COUNTING THE DAYS

A kind word is like a Spring day.  

Russian Proverb

32 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

64 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

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

 

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma