ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Saturday, March 10th, 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

Saturday, March 10, 2012

For Saturday, March 10th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MARCH 10TH, 2012

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

Amanda Bradley

It's SATURDAY!

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AWESOMENESS

March 10th day for celebrating all things awesome, and everything awesome that you, your friends, and everybody else does. Take a moment to consider everything that you’re awesome at, and to recognise feats of awesomeness performed around you.

The easiest way to celebrate today, is to be awesome!

No one is perfect, but everyone can be awesome!

NEWS FROM HOME

Today we're having a baby shower planning lunch at DD's house. She's invited some family and friends over to make plans for her baby shower in April. She's insisted that she wanted to be part of the planning as she has waited a long long time to have a baby and is all about celebrating it. I think my daughter is pretty awesome!

The time is getting closer and closer to her big day. I've never seen anyone happier to be having a baby.

It'll be a happy day for sure! Planning and preparation for something always seems to me to be half the fun of any celebration.

Have a truly awesome Saturday everyone!

Don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour tonight before you go to bed

SPRING FORWARD!

March 11th, 2012

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

There is nothing more awesome

than the love of our Lord

or the faith of a child

PRAYER REQUESTS

I heard from my friend on the results of the young man's surgery that I've been praying for.

She wrote: The procedure went well. They also removed some lymph nodes for testing and results will be back in about a week. Once they determine if they need to take further action or not, he will need to have some skin grafting. My friend thanks you for the prayers and asks that we continue to pray that the results come back negative. Will let you know what I hear.

Please join me in continuing prayers for him.

COUNTING THE DAYS

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

Henry Miller

10 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

43 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

MARCH 11TH, 2012

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:

Kay G. said...: Have fun planning that baby shower!
It will be awesome!!!
:-)

Anticipation is the best!; March 10, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Marie Rayner said...: Baby Showers are so much fun. It is not something that they really do over here. At least I have never been invited to one in any case! (And I have known lots of women who have had babies!) Love that yesterday was a day of awesomeness. I had a pretty awesome day myself! xxoo; March 11, 2012 at 3:50 AM

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