ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Tuesday, September 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

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

For Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2012

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

It's TUESDAY!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO DS#1 AND HIS WIFE TODAY!

May the dear Lord bless you both today and always!

May your mornings bring you JOY

and your evenings bring peace

May your troubles be few

and your blessings increase

Each day is God's gift to you. Make it blossom and grow into a thing of beauty.

Happy Anniversary!

NEWS FROM HOME

Newlyweds become oldyweds, and oldyweds are the reasons that families work.

Author Unknown

DS#1 and his wife choose to get married on the very same date that I was married many years ago. So the 11th has a special meaning for me as well as the two of them.

I can't forget though, that since 2001, there is another anniversary to be remembered on this date. Life is full of JOYS and sorrows. But a shared joy is a double joy and a shared sorrow is a half sorrow.

I hope you all have a terrific Tuesday!

PRAYER REQUEST

Please join me in praying today for DDIL#4's mom who will be having knee repair surgery. May the dear Lord bless her with a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. And may He guide the hands of the doctors caring for her.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Henry Van Dyke

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!

COUNTING THE DAYS

Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.

Michael Leunig

11 DAYS UNTIL FALL

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,

3 comments:

Hollie said...: Happy Anniversary!! I'm sitting here thinking about that terrible day 11 years ago!! It breaks my heart!; September 11, 2012 at 10:26 AM
BlueRidge Boomer said...: Happy Anniversary to everyone..!!
Enjoy your day of many varied memories...; September 11, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Chatty Crone said...: I am remembering it as well.
And happy anniversary to your son and his wife.; September 11, 2012 at 11:09 AM

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