ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Monday, January 27th, 2025

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

Monday, January 27, 2025

For Monday, January 27th, 2025

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MONDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 2025

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

In TEXAS

Sunrise: 7;24 am

Sunset: 6:05
pm

Life is a special
occasion!

Hallmark!

Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day which celebrates a popular packaging material. In the 1950’s an American engineer named Al Fielding and a Swiss inventor named Marc Chevannes created Bubble Wrap. They were actually trying to come up with a textured plastic wallpaper, but soon realized that there product had huge potential as a material for packaging,

Fielding and Chevannes formed Seal Air Corporation and introduced Bubble Wrap to the public in January of 1960. Today Sealed Air is a global Fortune 500 company and produces enough bubble wrap to stretch from the Earth to the Moon each year,

Celebrate today and enjoy popping an entire roll of Bubble Wrap bubbles. Pop! Pop! Pop!

If you cannot see the bright side polish the dull side

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap.

Jimmy Buffet

Everyone loves to pop the bubbles and when there is some around, the kids will be entertained for quite a while. I couldn't find a picture of bubble wrap, the others today are of the handprinted gifts I’ve sent them.

Today I have a doctor appointment with cardiologist to follow up on all the tests I’ve had. Hopefully they will have some answers about what’s going on with my heart. I’ll let you know tomorrow what they had to say. Tomorrow I’ll be seeing my pulmonologist for the results of the tests I did for him. I can only hope for good news! Finally answer time is here!

I hope you all have a GREAT start to this new week! Happy Monday!

COUNTING MY GIFTS

You cannot bubble wrap and protect you heart from life, and why should you? It is meant to be used, and sometimes broken, Use it up, wear it out, leave nothing left undone or unsaid to the people you love. Let it get banged up and busted if it needs to. That’s what your heart is there for.

Nora Mclnerny

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

13.080. for bubble wrap protection 13,081. for a heart doctor to fix what’s wrong with me

13,082. for tests to show what’s not working right

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

We’re all mature, until someone pulls out some bubble wrap.

Anonymous

a smile,a word of cheer,

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

5 comments:

I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...: Celebrate today and enjoy popping an entire roll of Bubble Wrap bubbles. Pop! Pop! Pop!; January 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Mevely317 said...: Bubble wrap has been a life saver to me on more than one occasion! I've always admired your art work, but especially like the last one (angel). It reminds me of another song you may already know (*grin*) --
"The stars at night, are big and bright
Deep in the heart of Texas!"; January 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Have the best doctor visits !….good luck….and praying for good news!
xox, Virginia; January 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
jack69 said...: Yep, that bubble wrap has saved a lot in shipping but yep popping bubble wrap is sort of an addiction. LOL . Good on you lady. Stay warm.; January 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Chatty Crone said...: I don't know exactly why but I do love bubble wrap. So simple - why didn't I invent it.
I am looking for your health report tomorrow to say you are doing GREAT!; January 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM

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