ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Tuesday, March 20th, 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, March 20, 2012

For Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MARCH 20TH, 2012

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

Amanda Bradley

It's TUESDAY!

HAPPY SPRING!

Spring began today at 1:14 a.m. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere; autumn began in the Southern Hemisphere. Day and night are virtually equal. SPRING is a time of hope and renewal. Life is full of wonder and expectation. Make today a celebration of miraculous change, growth, and endless possibilities. We each have the promise of Spring in our hearts.

THERE IS SPRING

By William A. WardWhere there are love and generosity, there is joy.
Where there are sincerity and sacrifice, there is friendship.
Where there are harmony and simplicity, there is beauty.
Where there are prayer and forgiveness, there is peace.
Where there are moderation and patience, there is wisdom.
Where there are conflicts and crises, there is opportunity.
Where there are wonder and adventure, there is growth.
Where there are adoration and confession, there is worship.
Where there are compassion and concern, there is God.
Where there are faith and hope, there is spring.

NEWS FROM HOME

The weather people say that beginning today we'll be seeing 80 degrees and sunshine here and we'll be that warm for the next two days. It is so mind boggling to be this warm in March. It is always a little scary too as we know that this is not normal at all. I just hope that when Easter comes we'll not be freezing cold again.

Our family will be gathering the Saturday before Easter at DS#3's house this year. We are hoping all the children can enjoy an Easter egg hunt outdoors. Being inside for an Easter egg hunt isn't half as exciting as it would be outdoors.

Today will be one of those days when I'd rather be sitting on the patio with my glass of iced tea than to be inside doing what I know needs done. Maybe I'll mix it up and do a little of both.

Hope your Tuesday is a terrific one!

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

Each time a Guardian Angel
notices a good deed
a prayer, kindness or sacrifice
she plucks a gold star from the heavens
and sends it to earth,
where it blooms as a golden daffodil.
Author Unknown

COUNTING THE DAYS

Faith plus dynamic dreams

plus real working at it

is a go-ahead formula that

gets you where you want to go.

IT IS SPRING!

33 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:

Marie Rayner said...: The weather has been a bit crazy all over this year Pam. Our Spring is about a month early and you are right, it is a bit scary as you don't want the winter to suddenly return and kill all the new growth! Last two years we had the coldest winters on record and this year one of the mildest. Strange indeed! xxoo; March 21, 2012 at 4:22 AM

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