ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: For Friday, April 17th, 2026

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

Friday, April 17, 2026

For Friday, April 17th, 2026

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FRIDAY,APRIL 17TH, 2026

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: 7:03 am

Sunset: 8:00
pm

Life is a special occasion !

Hallmark

Today is National Banana Day which not only celebrates a low fat, low calorie snack that offers a boost of potassium and vitamins with B6 and C leading the way. They provide a healthy gram of protein too.

They also add a delicious flavor to baked goods. Many bakers know that when bananas turn brown to toss them in the freezer for baking muffins and breads later on.

Celebrate by adding sliced bananas to your cereal for breakfast or a snack!

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

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Goals are like bananas, they come in bunches.

Brendan Morrison

I eat bananas often, usually I put them in my cereal but I also have them as a side at a lunch and sometimes in a salad for dinner. The potassium in a banana is what keeps me from suffering from leg cramps. It’s a relief to have them removed from my life.

I also love banana bread and banana nut muffins and have made both in the past but now I have to eat them in moderation due to the sugar in the recipe.

This evening I have an appointment to get my nails done. My daughter and I go about once a month. I love to get my feet and hands pampered. Not only do they put polish on my nails but they also massage my feet and hands. Oh my, it feels so good!

I never went to get my nails done until I moved to Texas, but due to the fact that I can no longer cut my own toe nails, I decided to go. Wow! What a treat!

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC Friday!

COUNTING MY GIFTS

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread.

Author Unknown

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

14,227. for delicious and nutritious bananas

14,228. for another day of sunshine and warm weather

14,229. for a nail salon to go to

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

Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana.

Groucho Marx

a smile,a word of cheer,

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

2 comments:

I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...: Celebrate by adding sliced bananas to your cereal for breakfast or a snack!; April 17, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Chatty Crone said...: I like bananas - I don't know why I don't eat more.; April 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM

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