ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Wednesday, August 13, 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

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

For Wednesday, August 13, 2025

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 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: 6:59 am

Sunset: 8:13
pm

Life is a special occasion!

Hallmark

Today is a happy anniversary to DS#6 and his wife.

Happy Anniversary ♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Anniversary¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Anniversary to you♥ ♥ ♥

May the dear Lord bless you both today and always!

Happy Anniversary to you♥

Today is also Left Handers Day when we celebrate the 10% of the population that is left handed. This day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the needs of left handed children.

If you are left handed you know that living in a world designated for right handed people can be difficult. Opening doors, writing in spiral notebooks and using a computer mouse can be awkward and frustrating.

Studies have shown that left handedness is often associated with intellectual creativity. Famous left handers include Michelangelo, Mozart, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Henson and 8 of our 45 presidents.

Celebrate today and declare a lefthanded zone around your leftie's spaces, where every thing must be done left handed. If you’re a right hander, do something nice for your lefty friends such as giving them a left handed pen or can opener to make their lives easier.

If you cannot see the bright side polish the dull side

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Being a lefty means always sitting at the head of the table!

This anniversary is another of my long distance celebrations. They live in Ohio and hopefully, a card will soon be on the way with congratulations and much love. I did get to spend some time with them in Ohio and had a great time with them.

My husband and one of my brother in laws were both left handed and if they were seated at the same table, they were each given a end seat so that they wouldn’t be bumping into the elbow next to them.

My husband said the teachers in his school insisted he become right handed, but eventually gave up. They were cruel and would slap his hands with a ruler if they saw him using his left hand to write. He did have beautiful hand writing and you would never guess he was left handed. He could use both hands to do most anything, although he bowled left handed and was very good at it. None of our children are left handed, but I think a couple of the grandchildren are.

Thankfully left handers in schools are treated differently today. They are no longer treated so cruelly.

Today and tomorrow I’m getting ready to go away with DD and her family on a weekend beach trip on Friday, so I probably won’t have a post for you until the beginning of next week after tomorrow. It will be a mini vacation for all of us. We have a cabin to stay in so that their dog can also go with us.

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

COUNTING MY GIFTS

God made everyone perfect. Only the right handers learned how to over come it!

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

13,569.for DDH, who was a left hander

13,570. for a beach trip

13,571. for DS#6 and his wife, it's their anniversary!

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

When things aren’t going right - think left!

a smile,a word of cheer,

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

3 comments:

Mevely317 said...: Happy Anniversary to your #6 lovebirds!
I'm a 'leftie' but don't recall anyone trying to use my right hand. The only time was in 6th grade when a broke my left arm and had to wear a cast ... and teacher gave me a bad grade on Penmanship. Boy were my parents cross! Nowadays the only thing I always use my left hand for are eating, brushing, and writing. Because it's stronger, I favor my right for tasks requiring strength -- and aim! (lol); August 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Chatty Crone said...: Happy anniversary to DS#6 and his wife!
My dad was a leftie and they made him switch.
I don't have anybody else in the family that I know of.; August 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Linda :) said...: Happy 😃 Anniversary 🌹; August 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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