For Monday February 6th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FEBRUARY 6TH,  2012

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

Amanda Bradley

It's MONDAY!  

LAME DUCK DAY

Lame Duck Day is set aside to give recognition to people whose tenure in a position is running out.
Okay, so you are probably thinking that a lame duck is a duck with some sort of injury. If only that were the reason for today!  Rather, a Lame Duck is a person who is in a position of some kind, and will soon be shown the door. The best example is an incumbent politician who lost in the November elections. They usually remain in office until the beginning of January. It also applies to leaders, managers, etc, who are retiring or whose term of office is up.
During the interim period, a Lame Duck is usually far less effective, and frequently ineffective. After all, loyalties will soon shift. It's impossible to rally the troops to one more cause or project.
If you are a Lame Duck: Enjoy those final days. Reflect upon you successes, and the joys and rewards the position provided to you. Kick back a little and have some fun today, and in the remaining days.
 If you know a Lame Duck: Supporters should provide recognition and support. Non-supporters can cut the Lame Duck a little slack today. They will soon be gone.

NEWS FROM HOME

I'm retired - goodbye tension, hello pension!  

Author Unknown

Many think they have to wait until they stop working for everything to be wonderful.  The idea that you slave away in the workforce for decades and then get a free pass to Wonderland for the rest of your life is silly.
There’s no free pass.  Ever.  Not even if you’re buying in on that Golden Years model and riding around in your motor home.  The truth about the Good Life is that it’s up to you to create it.  If you don’t have it, it’s not somebody else’s fault.

It's true, don't wait for someday to come, make today the best one you've ever had!

Choose to make it a great day—every day!

Happy Monday everyone!

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

Romans 13:8  Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

There is a story of a little girl who had a fight with her sister. As the day passed, she refused to speak to her sister. At bedtime, their mother said, Don't you think you should forgive your sister before you go to sleep? The Bible says we should not let the sun go down on our anger. The little girl thought for a moment and replied, But how can I keep the sun from going down?
Sad to say there are many people that like to nurture resentment. I have found, in my own life, that holding on to resentment hurts me a lot more than it hurts anyone else.

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

When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you're still working, think and act a bit as if you were already retired.  

Author Unknown

43 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

75 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