ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Tuesday, February 21st, 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, February 21, 2012

For Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FEBRUARY 21st, 2012

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

Amanda Bradley

It's TUESDAY!

Today is Pancake Day, Bursting Day, Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, all meaning the same thing:

Lent begins tomorrow.

Ever wonder about the history of the official Mardi Gras colors? Rex selected the official Mardi Gras colors in 1872. The 1892 Rex Parade theme Symbolism of Colors gave meaning to the colors.

Purple Represents Justice

Green Represents Faith

And Gold Represents Power

Remember to wear the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold during Mardi Gras whenever you're not in costume!

NEWS FROM HOME

Here at my house I'll not only be eating pancakes today but will also be enjoying some delicious Paczki!

Paczki, pronounced PUNCH-key are Polish jelly-filled doughnuts, traditionally served just prior to Lent. In Northeast Ohio, these delicious confections can be found in bakeries and other Eastern European food stores. The baking of paczki is traditionally a way to use up all the fat, sugar, and fruit in the house, things forbidden during the strict Polish Lenten season.

While I'm not Polish, I do enjoy these scrumptious donuts and I just happened to be out yesterday and stopped at one of my favorite bakeries and bought some.

Pancakes are simple and easy to make using flour, eggs, sugar and lemon juice. They are a reminder of the simple and important things that really matter in life. It's not always about the big fancy recipe with endless ingredients. They have spiritual significance too and remind us that God will always be found in those simple down to earth moments that make up our daily routine.

Happy Paczki Day, Pancake Day, and Mardi Gras

Remember: tomorrow Lent begins

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

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Mother Teresa

The Happiness Cake

Ingredients:

1 cup of good thoughts

1 cup of kind deeds

1 cup of consideration for others

2 cups of sacrifice

2 cups of well beaten faults

3 cups of forgiveness

Mix thoroughly. Add tears of joy, sorrow and sympathy.

Flavor love and kindly service.

Fold in 4 cups of prayer and faith

Blend well. Fold into daily life

Bake well with warmth of human kindness and

serve with a smile at any time

It will satisfy the hunger of many souls.

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

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Benjamin Franklin

28 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

60 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,

1 comment:

Glenda said...: The world would be a much better place if we all served the happiness cake, wouldn't it? I'm feeling a bit hungry after thinking about pancakes, donuts, and cake!

Your posts are always full of good things!; February 21, 2012 at 10:27 PM

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