ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Wednesday, October 24th, 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

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

For Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

OCTOBER 24th, 2012

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

It's WEDNESDAY!

TAKE BACK YOUR TIME DAY

Have you ever had a particularly uneventful afternoon and thought to yourself, Well there goes three hours I'll never get back? With all of the stuff we have to get done and all the fun the world has to offer, it seems a shame to waste any time. That's why today we switch gears, quit moping about all the time we don't have, and take advantage of the time we do!

Take Back Your Time Day is not anti-work. Work can be both useful and fulfilling. The problem arises when life gets out of balance, with work concerns overriding family, community, and health.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg

NEWS FROM HOME

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

Earl of Chesterfield

We all know how precious time is. It seems everyone is rushed these days. I live in the slow lane now, but there were many years that there was never enough time to get it all done.

The truth is I still don't get it all done. I think the trick to keeping our lives in balance is to do what is important to us. By prioritizing what must be done and then taking the time to enjoy those things we like to do. Because time, as it turns out, really is everything.

Work is a necessary part of life but so is rest and relaxation. Sunday is my day for that but we can all use a little each day of the week too. Taking a break just to refresh ourselves keeps us all in balance.

DDIL#5 has been ordered by the doctor to take a little time for herself. She seems to be retaining too much water and her blood pressure has elevated so she'll be home now the remaining few weeks until AB is born. AB is the nickname chosen for grand'babe' # 18 and she isn't expected until sometime mid November. Please join me in praying for my DIL and the babe. May the dear Lord bless them and keep them safe.

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

How long a minute is, depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on.

Zall's Second Law

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

Someday is not a day of the week.

Author Unknown

58 DAYS UNTIL WINTER

30 DAYS UNTIL THANKSGIVING

62 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS !

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:

betty said...: brr on those temps, Ma!! Will say a prayer for DDIL#5 and AB!

so true about time; we do need to be conscious of it; those days won't come back that we may not have wisely spent but we can make sure we appreciate time in the future as we plan how we spend it!

betty; October 24, 2012 at 9:57 AM

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