ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Wednesday, February 1st, 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

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

For Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FEBRUARY 1ST, 2012

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

It's WEDNESDAY!

Welcome FEBRUARY

February birthstone: amethyst. February flower: violet or primrose.

February is American Heart Month, National Black History Month, Bake for Family Fun Month, Bird Feeding Month, Care About Your Indoor Air Month, Children's Dental Health Month, Grapefruit Month, Humpback Whale Awareness Month, Creative Romance Month, National Laugh Friendly Month, Library Lovers Month, Mend a Broken Heart Month, Pet Dental Health Month, Pull Your Sofa Off the Wall Month, Spunky Old Broads Month, Youth Leadership Month, Women's Heart Month, and in Illinois, it’s Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month.Today is Robinson Crusoe Day, a day to be adventurous and self-reliant.

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer.

Shirley Jackson

NEWS FROM HOME

Why, what's the matter,
That you have such a February face,
So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?

William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

We are now one month closer to Spring than we were in January. Winter has a way of wearing us down if we let it and here at my house, I'm bound and determined I will win this battle.

The whole month of February I'm going to try and share a verse with you each day and a thought and you'll find that under the heading of SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

I'm thinking that just maybe they will be the very best way to fight against the wintertime blues.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday 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 ALL!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

God’s Love Scriptures

John 3:16 For God so loved the world,that he gave his only Son,

that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

February, the month of love has finally arrived. February is National Heart Month and Valentine’s Day, my favorite holiday. I love hearts, the colors red and pink and everything about Valentine’s Day. The heart is my favorite part of the body. This is where we feel love. I am definitely a romantic at heart.

When you hear the word LOVE, what do you think about. It probably wasn't about the verse I have shared with you today. But for me all love ends and begins with God, so that is what I've chosen to make the month of February all about.

A verse every day and may a few thoughts of my own on LOVE too. And of course you can't have much love if you don't have a heart so there will also be some quotes and maybe a story or two about the heart.

You may not realize this, but being kind and showing love makes you feel good deep down on the inside. This can help you in more ways than you’ll ever know.

Ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree — and this comes as no surprise to anyone — that having strong, affectionate bonds with other people is a key to happiness. In fact, it may be the key to happiness.

There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love. A wise thought indeed which offers each of us an immediate and beautiful plan to make Valentine’s Day and Every Day Matter

COUNTING THE DAYS

February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March.

Dr. J. R. Stockton

48 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

80 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,

4 comments:

Barb said...: February is a tough month for me on a personal level. Loved reading all the good things about it.

Have a great day!!; February 1, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Kath said...: God gave us all love to share it Ma,it's just a pity not everyone does so.I shall continue to give lots this February.Have a lovely day Ma,Take Care God bless Kath xx; February 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Pat MacKenzie said...: I love that it's 'spunky old broads month'. Did you just make that up? I hope you have a "Lovely" February.; February 1, 2012 at 10:40 AM
I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...: No I did not make that up. In February we do celebrate Spunky Old Broads month! I'll be posting more on that later.; February 1, 2012 at 10:45 AM

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