ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Friday, May 11th, 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

Friday, May 11, 2012

For Friday, May 11th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 11TH, 2012

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

It's FRIDAY!

EAT WHAT YOU WANT DAY

What would you like to have to eat today? Okay, great.....health permitting, go ahead and have any and all of your favorite foods and snacks. Because today is Eat What You Want Day.Today, you can splurge. Tomorrow, it's back to the diet. It is important to note that today is not intended to eat as much as you want. Rather, the goal is to eat something you otherwise wouldn't have.

No dieting, no calorie counting and no worrying about carbohydrates...Eat What You Want Day lets you ignore your conscience and go wild!

For health and food,

for love and friends,

For everything

Thy goodness sends.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

NEWS FROM HOME

Eating what I want is something I do everyday so it's not hard for me to celebrate this day. Thankfully I don't have any diet restrictions, and for that I am thankful.

There are times when I think that a diet might be a good thing, to loose about 20 pounds of excess baggage wouldn't be bad at all, but I'm way too happy with what I am and what I eat to even spend much time with thoughts like that.

I'm making potato salad today for DSIL's celebration tomorrow. It's one thing I love but don't make very often as it takes a lot of time to cook, peal, and chop up everything. I will be making extra so I'll have some here for myself. I try to take advantage of most any occasion with others to make something I like to eat so I'll have leftovers.

Hope you all have a fantastic Friday!

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Mark Twain

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

God gives every bird its food,

but He does not throw it into its nest.

J.G. Holland

COUNTING THE DAYS

After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile.

English Saying

40 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

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,

1 comment:

Kath said...: Lovely pics of the Grandchildran Ma.Sorry my comments are late this week/end.I hope you wern't too tired preparing for the celebration.I am thinking you are not alone in the excess baggage dept LOL!! I will continue reading your next posts now.Take Care God Bless Kath xxx; May 13, 2012 at 10:29 AM

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