ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Monday, February 13th, 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

Monday, February 13, 2012

For Monday, February 13th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FEBRUARY 13TH, 2012

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

Amanda Bradley

It's MONDAY!

MADLY IN LOVE WITH ME DAY

If you are overworked and overwhelmed and you believe that love has the power to change the world, and you want to be part of that change, then you will want to celebrate this day.

You know that you love yourself if you...

Know your dreams and live them

Love yourself, especially the parts hard to love

Settle for nothing less than your heart and soul desire

Have only relationships full of unconditional love and respect

Take care of yourself, without guilt and you give from the overflow

Self love isn't selfish, it's the kindest thing we can do for others. Take care of you so you can take care of them.

This is a day just for YOU!

LOVE yourself today!

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

Robert Browning

NEWS FROM HOME

I've learned a lot of things in my life and one of those is that if I'm tired, I get cranky, and if I'm cranky, nothing seems to go right. If I get the rest I need, things go a lot smoother.

Being good to yourself, getting the rest you need and taking care of yourself is never a bod thing. It can only help to improve life for yourself and for others.

Be good to yourself so you can be good for others!

Hopefully you all got some of that great R and R over the weekend. It sure makes for a happier Monday!

God has done all things well. He did a good job of creating you. He has a good plan for your life. He even has a really good future in store for you in heaven!
Look at yourself in the mirror today and declare it: God has done all things well—including me!

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

John 14:21-24 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. Judas said to him, Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

Let go of old thoughts and conditions, and let God

Be assured of a successful day. Rest in the awareness that God is with and within us, an inner compass to direct us. Filling us with deep assurance and contentment.

In letting go of old thoughts and conditions feel a deep sense of peace.

Today let go and let God direct our thinking, our speech and our activities. Today place your trust in God, and all will be well.

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

Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before.

Mignon McLaughlin

36 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

68 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,

2 comments:

Kath said...: You are not alone in being cranky when you are tired Ma,I am the worst culprit.Afraid I have been a crank today too,it's a good job I live alone at these times Hee-Hee.I hope you got your R&R this weekend.Lord bless our Troops.Have a great Monday Ma,mine is almost over.Take Care God Bless Kath xx; February 13, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Glenda said...: I like your thoughts on rest . . . and that's just what I plan to do on this cold, rainy afternoon. My fire in the fireplace makes it really easy to just relax! Hope you have a good, restful week!; February 13, 2012 at 5:42 PM

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