ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Sunday, March 12th, 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

Sunday, March 12, 2023

For Sunday, March 12th, 2023

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

SUNDAY, MARCH 12TH, 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

9 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

In Ohio

Sunrise: 6:45 am

Sunset: 7:31
pm

Life is a special
occasion!

Hallmark!

Today is the Academy Awards which celebrates the biggest night of the year for the film industry. The first Academy Awards ceremony too place May 16, 1929. It was a private dinner party with less than 250 guests in attendance and tickets cost $5. The ceremony only lasted 15 minutes. Today, tens of millions tune in worldwide to watch the pomp and circumstance live on television.

The trophy for the awards is a knight, gripping a crusaders sword, and standing on a reel of film. The reel has 5 spikes representing the original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. The statuette is officially known a the Academy Award Merit, but was nicknamed Oscar in the 1930’s. Each Oscar costs $500.00 to procuce and weights about 8.5 pounds.

To celebrate today, tune in tonight to find out who will take home the award for Best Picture this year or who will be the best dressed.

Also today, Daylight Savings Time Begins!

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

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

It’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep on going.

Lady Gaga

I hope you all remembered to set your clocks ahead one hour last night so that you woke up to the correct time today. My phone automatically changes the time for me so I didn’t have to do that, but there are still a few other clocks in the house I’ll have to change . It seems we just fell back one hour and now it’s time to change again.

I love the extra hour of daylight we’ll gain in the evening, but some don’t. My wish would be that we didn’t change the time at all and stayed the same all the time. Some don’t have DST, they are the lucky ones. It’s really not so hard to move the clocks one hour ahead, but when we have to go backward, it’s a lot harder.

When it comes to time change, don’t forget it’s also a good time to check out the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monixide monitors. It’s safer for us to have them working all the time. They have saved a lot of lives.

The pictures today are of my mantle clock which sets on my buffet or sideboard in the living room. I don’t have a mantle so I decorate this for the seasons as they change. It’s one I have to change manually along with the clock on my stove and microwave.

Still the clock I use the most is the one that automatically changes on my phone.

This afternoon DD is going to take me shopping for a new rocking chair which is my birthday gift from my whole family. I hope we’re successful and find the perfect one for me!

I hope you all have a RELAXING Sunday!

COUNTING MY GIFTS

The clocks are all turned forward from Funny Time to Right Time. I always remember, Spring back or Fall in.

David J. Beard

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

11,125. for an extra hour of daylight

11,126. for an exciting show on TV to watch tonight

11,127. for movies that inspire our imagination

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

You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe Daylight Saving Time.

Dave Barry

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

3 comments:

I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...: I think awards are good as they give people an incentive to do better !; March 12, 2023 at 9:43 AM
Mevely317 said...: We didn't arrive home from the concert until very late last night ... so I still need to 'correct' the microwave and stove clocks. Oh, and our cars. Thankfully, it's not such a big deal.
I'll probably tune into the pre-show Awards tonight to see how everyone's bedecked and bedazzled. Aside from Top Gun, we haven't seen any of the nominated films so there's little interest.
Have fun on your girls' shopping spree!; March 12, 2023 at 12:36 PM
Chatty Crone said...: We went to Knoxville today to meet my son and grandson for my birthday. I can't believe I missed the Oscars. My mom and I used to watch them all the time.; March 12, 2023 at 6:50 PM

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