ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Thursday, November 14th, 2024

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 14, 2024

For Thursday, November 14th, 2024

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024

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

42 DAYS UNTIL WINTER

In TEXAS

Sunrise: 6;56 am

Sunset: 5:37
pm

So sorry but I couldn't find any pictures to share of pickles today. So no pictures today!

Life is a special
occasion!

Hallmark!

Today is National Pickle Day which celebrates pickles which have been a popular food for thousands of years. In 2030 BC cucumbers wreaked havoc imported from India to the Tigris Valley. There, they were first preserved and eaten as pickles.

In Ancient Egypt, people consumed pickles for their nutritional value because they were thought to enhance beauty. Cleopatra attributed her good looks to her full diet of pickles. Centuries later Napoleon believed that pickles offered health benefits for his armies, so he offered a huge cash prize to anyone who was able to preserve them safely.

Today we honor the culinary history of pickles. This versatile vegetable can be enjoyed as a condiment, snack or side dish.

Celebrate today and stock up on your favorite pickles today! Enjoy!

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

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Good ideas, like good pickles, are crisp, enduring and devishly hard to make.

Rushworth Kidder

I love pickles of all sorts, dill and sweet alike. I use pickle relish on my sandwiches and love pickled beets and peppers too. The pictures today are of a pickle dish that I used to have in the cupboard for years. However, when I moved, I couldn’t bring it with me.

I looked up the nutritional value and benefits of pickles, in case you might want know and it said: Pickles do have some health benefits due to their antioxidant content and may have additional benefits if they’re fermented, But they are also high in sodium and best enjoyed in moderation. Pickle juice is known to help with weight loss. When vegetables are fermented, healthy bacteria break down the natural sugars. This is what gives them their sour taste. Vinegar gives them a tang and gives good bacteria. Most pickles you find in the store are unfermented, vinegar pickles. The cucumbers soak up the vinegar and spices. And they are easy to make at home too. My mom used to make refrigerator pickles and everyone loved them on their sandwiches.

Eating fermented foods helps with everything from insulin resistance to inflammation. Sauerkraut is one of the most popular fermented foods worldwide.

I’ve been thinking about what I could get my family for Christmas, and a Pickle Dish might be a good thing for them too. It certainly brings back memories for me. My mom always used to put hers on the table for Sunday dinners. I’m still looking for ideas, if anyone has a better suggestion, just email me and let me know.

This Thursday is just the beginning of my Christmas shopping. As usual though, I’m depending on my children to shap for for me when it comes to the grandchildren’s gifts. They know better than me what they might need. I always reimburse them for what they spend. I’ll have to get this done soon so I can get things in the mail.

I hope you all have a GREAT day and a Happy Thursday!

COUNTING MY BLESSINGS

Life is a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Ambrose Bierce

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

12,875. for crunchy pickles to eat

12,876. for moderation in all things

12,877. for gift giving, it is better to give than receive.

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

In the last analysis, a pickle is a cucumber with experience.

Irena Chalmers

a smile, a word of cheer,

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

2 comments:

I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...: Celebrate and enjoy your favorite pickle today !; November 14, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Chatty Crone said...: Now you talked about something I really love. Pickles - dill are my favorite. Olives. Fermented sauerkraut - I eat a little every day. We are going to have
regular kraut and corned beef tonight.; November 14, 2024 at 4:12 PM

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