ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Monday, March 12th, 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, March 12, 2012

For Monday, March 12th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MARCH 12TH, 2012

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

Amanda Bradley

It's MONDAY!

NATIONAL NAPPING DAY!

National Napping Day is the first Monday following the beginning of daylight savings time

Daylight Saving Time means more afternoon sunshine, but that may have been little consolation to those who lost an hour of sleep Sunday morning.

If you're still groggy from losing that precious hour, then take advantage of National Napping Day, observed today, March 12th. This unofficial holiday encourages you to catch forty winks and enjoy the health and productivity benefits of napping.

What better way to transition into the warmer months than making time this afternoon for a siesta? Your body and your mind will thank you for this short, restorative rest.

No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap.

Carrie Snow

NEWS FROM HOME

No napping on the job for me anymore. If I am working, I am at home so it's safe to say on just about any given day you'll find that 'ma' is taking or has taken a nap. It's a great feeling to know that if I want one, I can take one.

There will be some busy days ahead for me. DS#4 and family have decided that they'll be coming home for a week in June and spend some time just seeing the sights of northern Ohio. So I'll have a few things to be doing around here to get my home ready for them.

I work a little, then rest a lot. Little by little things get done and if they don't...those that mind don't matter and those that matter won't mind.

Have a great Monday everyone!

I'm not asleep... but that doesn't mean I'm awake.

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 ALL!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Think what a better world it would be

if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk

about three o’clock every afternoon

and then lay down with our blankies for a nap.

Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

COUNTING THE DAYS

It's better to crash into a nap than to nap into a crash.

Author Unknown

8 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

41 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:

Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) said...: Eight days...woohoo!!! Ya gotta love it don't ya?

That picture is simply too stinkin' precious for words!!!

God bless ya sweetie and have yourself a sunshiny kinda day!!! :o); March 12, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Marie Rayner said...: awww, what a cute pic of the dog and cat! I am not a napper, although my parents are. I just cannot sleep anyplace other than my bed and only at bedtime. I wish sometimes that I could!! xxoo; March 13, 2012 at 3:54 AM

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