ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Thursday, November 1st, 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

Thursday, November 1, 2012

For Thursday, November 1st, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

NOVEMBER 1st, 2012

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

It's THURSDAY!

WELCOME NOVEMBER

November's birthstone: topaz. Flower: chrysanthemum.

November is National American Indian Heritage Monrh, National Adoption Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, Aviation History Month, American Diabetes Month, National Epilepsy Awareness Month, National Adoption Month, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, National COPD and Lung Cancer Awareness Month, National Family Caregivers Month, Vegan Month, and Peanut Butter Lovers' Month.

November is I Am So Thankful Month, dedicated to counting blessings and giving thanks daily.

Today is All Hallows or All Saints Day.

Dull November brings the blast,
Then the leaves are whirling fast.

Sara Coleridge

NEWS FROM HOME

November is the month for giving thanks and both here and on my blog, I'll be sharing lots of quotes and poems about being Thankful.

The more I count my blessings, it seems the more I have. There is not a day goes by but what there isn't something to be thankful for. It's been quite a week so far as the weather goes. I'm thankful today that the storm has spun it's way out.

With winter blowing it's way in I know that there will be more coming our way. I'm thankful too for my home which shelters me and keeps me safe and warm.

For today and all of it's blessings, I am thankful.

PRAYER REQUEST

Please join me in praying for DDIL#2's Dad. He had to go to the emergency room and will have surgery today. They may have to put a shunt in because he may have some minor blockage near his heart. May the dear Lord bless him with a successful surgery and guide the hands of doctors caring for him.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum,
the loose husks whisk skyward in half-playing swirls, and the wind hurries on....
A tree tries to argue, bare limbs waving, but there is no detaining the wind.

Aldo Leopold

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

The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of.
The mite which November contributes becomes equal in value to the bounty of July.

Henry David Thoreau

50 DAYS UNTIL WINTER

22 DAYS UNTIL THANKSGIVING

54 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,

3 comments:

Hollie said...: This year has really flown by! I can't believe it's November 1! I'll keep DDIL#2's Dad in my prayers!! Stay warm! It's 37 degrees here this morning!; November 1, 2012 at 9:30 AM
betty said...: Will say a prayer for your DDIL's dad. You do always have such a great attitude towards thankfulness, Ma! It will be neat to read over this month of Thanksgiving quotes, etc., that you share about being thankful! I'm thankful 3 weeks from today is Thanksgiving!

betty; November 1, 2012 at 9:47 AM
linda m said...: Praying for DDIL's father.; November 2, 2012 at 1:22 AM

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