ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Saturday, March 25th, 2023

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 25, 2023

For Saturday, March 25th, 2023

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2023

The moments of our lives may be bright with possibility, dark with fear or sadness, or even plain everyday gray, but God's glory never fades. May God's glory shine into the exciting lights, upsetting darks, and boring grays of your every day.

Slightly adapted from one of my morning devotionals

88 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

In Ohio

Sunrise: 7:23 am

Sunset: 7:46
pm

Life is a special
occasion!

Hallmark!

Today is Pecan Day which a holiday to celebrate and enjoy popular, tasty pecans.

Pecan is from the Algonquian word, meaning a nut requiring a stone to crack. A pecan is truly not a nut, but technically a drupe, a fruit with a single stone or pit surrounded by a husk.

Pecans are a good source of protein and unsaturated fats. Like walnuts, which pecans resemble, pecans are rich in omega 6 fatty acids, although pecans contain about half as much omega 6 as walnuts.

The purpose of today is to commemorate March 25th, 1775, the day George Washington planted a pecan tree on his Mount Vernon estate.

To celebrate today, enjoy a handful of delicious pecans or have some on a sundae topped with caramel and chocolate!

If you cannot see the bright side, polish the dull side

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Family is like pecan pie. Something sweet holding all the nuts together

Author Unknown

I love pecans and favor them over any other nut. Walnuts come in second. I eat both regularly. They are very good and good for us too.

The mixture of caramel, chocolate and pecans makes for good candy too and it’s called turtles. I also enjoy turtle sundaes and pecan pies.

Today is my day to cook for the weekend and on the menu is:

Roast Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

Makes 4 servings

2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard

2 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme

2 Tbsp. olive oil divided

1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

1 1/2 lbs bone in, skinless chicken thighs,

2 sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces

1 red onion cut into 1 inch wedges

Position rack in lower third of oven; preheat to 450 degrees. Place a large rimmed baking sheet in oven to preheat.

Combine thyme, 1 Tbsp. oil and pepper in a small bowl, spread the mixture evenly on the chicken.

Toss sweet potatoes and onion in a the remaining oil and 1/4 tsp of pepper. Carefully remove baking sheet from oven and spread vegetables on it. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables.

Return the pan to the oven and roast, stirring vegetables once halfway through, until the vegetables are tender and beginning to brown and a thermometer inserted into a chicken thigh reads 165 degrees , about 30 minutes.

This a one pan dinner that saves on doing dishes. It would be good served with a side salad.

We are warmer once again in the 60’s and have a chance of rain and high winds today, but on the bright side tomorrow we should see some sun and be close to 50 degrees.

I hope you all have a SUPER Saturday!

COUNTING MY BLESSINGS

Stay happy and healthy with the great taste of pecans

Author Unknown

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for. There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

11,161. for pecans, good and good for us too.

11,162. for a little bit of chocolate now and then, it doesn’t hurt

11,163. for some sunshine coming our way.

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.

Almighty and eternal God,

Protect our military

as they discharge their duties

with the shield of your strength,

may the power of your love

enable them to return home in safety

that with all who love them

they may ever praise you for your loving care.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters and EMT’s.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

ADVICE FOR TODAY

The secret to a happy life is a lot of pecan pies. Living the moment with sweetness and nuts. A pecan pie a day keeps the sorrow away!

Author Unknown

A little smile, a word of cheer,

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

To see my blog The Next 20 Years copy and paste the link below:

https://the-next-20-years.blogspot.com/2023/03/for-march-11th-2023.html

4 comments:

I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...: Right now I'm only eating the no salt variety of nuts of any kind. They are good and good for you too!; March 25, 2023 at 10:45 AM
Mevely317 said...: I love pecans, too! Yesterday at the grocers, however, it was a toss up between them and walnuts -- and I chose the walnuts for a few pennies less. I like adding them to my Keto yogurt + as a substitute for croutons in my salad.

Yes. Like you, I have to choose the no-salt variety of nuts. I LOVE salt, but unfortunately, it doesn't love me.

Happy weekend! xo; March 25, 2023 at 11:22 AM
Chatty Crone said...: This is terrible but I love those sweetened praline almonds. lol; March 25, 2023 at 10:00 PM
salemslot9 said...: Pe-can or pe-cawn? 🙃; March 28, 2023 at 4:04 PM

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