For Thursday, January 24th, 2013

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 24TH, 2013

55 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

It's  THURSDAY

COMPLIMENT DAY

Today is a great opportunity to say something positive about the people you come into contact with. Everyone has good attributes...that's right...everyone.

Remember: Mama said,  If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything.  After a long search for something good, if you just can't find a compliment for them, then silence is golden.

Compliment Day is celebrated by offering sincere compliments to people you know. It is important that you are sincere. People will see right through insincerity, and you will do more harm than good.

Compliments are one of the most extraordinary components of life.  If given right they create so much positive energy that they make things happen almost as if by magic.
Everyone needs a hug or a compliment everyday. 

It's You I Like! 
Frederick 'McFeely' Rogers 
 
It's you I like,
It's not the things you wear.
It's not the way you do your hair,
But it's you I like.
The way you are right now
The way down deep inside you
Not the things that hide you
Not your diplomas...
They're just beside you.
But it's you I like,
Every part of you,
Your skin, your eyes, your feelings,
Whether old or new.
I hope that you'll remember
Even when you're feeling blue,
That it's you I like,
It's you yourself, it's you
It's you I like!

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

I can live for two months on a good compliment.  

Mark Twain

It does always make us feel good to receive a compliment but sometimes it's hard to accept one.  We often forget to say Thank You when we receive one.  Instead we'll say, awe it was nothing.  So just incase I forgot to say it, today I'm saying just how much I appreciate any compliments that have been sent my way.  Thank you ! 

It's always been hard for me to accept nice things that people say about me.  Most of the time I figure that anything good I've done that might be worthy of a compliment, is all due to the grace of God.  He deserves the compliments more than I do and  I do try to say thank you to Him often.

We need to remember though, that compliments are really verbal gifts of love.  We should receive them as such and enjoy them. 

The pictures today are of my roses that usually bloom here May through November.  They seem to say thank you much better than I can.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Leo Buscaglia

COUNTING MY GIFTS

Be Thankful

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something.
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations.
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge.
Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes.
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and weary.
It means you've made a difference.

It's easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings.

Author Unknown 

I am trying to count at least 3 things I'm thankful for each day and then in 1 year's time I'll have counted 1000 gifts.

I’ll be sharing them and giving thanks to God for these gifts each day,

212. for the many reasons I have to say Thank You

213. for people that take the time to make others feel special

214. gifts from the heart

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

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!

God was just showing off when he created you.  

From the movie Keeping the Faith

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

 

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

Love,

ma