ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

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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

Thursday, March 29, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MARCH 29TH, 2012

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

It's THURSDAY!

LOVE THE CHILDREN DAY

Whether you are a parent or not, children touch your heart in some way. We all have children in our lives, whether it's a son or daughter, relative, friend or neighbor's child. What greater purpose does a person have than to help protect respect, honor and celebrate a child? What is more powerful than the realization that ... a child needs my love?

By honoring, respecting and protecting children and celebrating the loving relationship we all should have with them, we can keep them safe and protected and stop the cycle that continues to victimize them in so many ways.

I do love my children!

NEWS FROM HOME

What’s a baby cost?

As much as you’ve got

Why hadn't someone told me that a mother's labor and delivery never ends and you never stop having to remember to breathe?

As the saying goes, It's not the number of breaths we take, its the number of moments that take our breath away. Every now and then and more often than we realize, God gives us one of those awesome moments so powerful and amazing that time does seem to stand still.

I love you all with every breath I take.

Wishing you a wonderful Thursday!

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 no greater guide

than Love

COUNTING THE DAYS

The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock.

Isn’t it a magnificent day today?

Bel Kaufman

84 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

24 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

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

Amanda Bradley

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

2 comments:

Kath said...: Love you too Ma and all my children and everyone elses too.I adore children,full stop.Have a lovely day.Prayers for you always and yours.Take Care God Bless Kath xx; March 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Glenda said...: Children are priceless gifts from God! It must break His heart to see one hurt in any way. Love your post today!; March 29, 2012 at 7:52 PM

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