ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

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

Saturday, March 2, 2013

For Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

March 2nd, 2013

18 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

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

It's SATURDAY

I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY DAY

I Want You to be Happy Day is an unselfish day. Its a thought that we wish upon others that we care for or love.

Celebrate today by doing more than wishing someone is happy. Do something to make others happy. It can start with a smile on someone's face. Other ideas include a phone call, making positive compliments, or cooking a special meal. Be creative. There are endless ways to make others happy.

As you go about this day, remember that the point is not for others to make you happy, but each and every one of us to do what we can to bring joy to someone else’s life.

The pictures today are of one of DD's happiest days. One year ago she was surprised by the people she worked with when they threw a surprise baby shower for her. Their baby is now 9 months old and she's been smiling ever since.

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

Michael Leunig

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

John Barrymore

It often amazes me how little it takes to make me happy. Money doesn't make happiness happen. More times than not it is the simplest of times that make me happy. I know people that think they have to have more and more things in order to be happy, there are others that think they have to do more and more to be happy. Some are even waiting for a particular thing to happen in order to be happy.

I've found that each and every moment can be a happy one if you want it to be. It's a matter of choice. Things, times, places and events are not going to bring lasting happiness. When we are able to shift the way we think to being grateful for everything around us, we open the door for happiness to enter. The more thankful we are, the wider the door opens

I hope you all have a super Saturday!

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

Maxim Gorky

PRIORITY FOR TODAY:

Make someone HAPPY, Make just one someone happy

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

COUNTING MY GIFTS

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.

Brother David Steindl-Rast

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,

321. for those that give me happiness

322. for happy times spent laughing

323. for having many others in my life to love

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 ALL !

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Joseph Addison

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

Love,

1 comment:

betty said...: Love all the pictures of your daughter from her shower last year, Ma. I can't believe X Factor is 9 months old already!! I'm sure he is such a joy to all!

I do agree we can be happy with little; in fact those who have little are often the most happiest of all.

betty; March 2, 2013 at 10:42 AM

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