BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 17,2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 17, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around

Leo Buscaglia

TODAY'S ACTION

Create something beautiful with the intention of giving it away

TODAY'S QUOTE

God is the friend of silence. Trees, flowers and grass grow in silence. See the stars, moon, and sun, how they move in silence.

Mother Teresa

HAPPY TUESDAY !

Here we are again – Tuesday. The weeks are flying by. I’ve been thinking about how long I’ve been sending out this daily e-mail, a few years, I guess. Right now I’ve got 40 + people on my mailing list. I hope it brings a smile to your morning!

If for any reason you’d like to stop receiving it, please just let me know. Or if you know of someone else that might like to get it, let me know that too! Just reply to this e-mail and I’ll be glad to respond to your request.

I talked with DS#2 on Sunday and he said he’d be leaving for Honduras soon, please keep him and his family in your prayers.

DD’s FIL is supposed to have surgery this week , please keep him in your prayers too ! Lots to pray about. Each and every one of you is always in my prayers each day.

Take good care all !

Have a great day ! Another wonderful one on the Way !

TODAY’S LINK

Dress up your pet http://pets.aol.com/galleries/bestdressed

TODAY IS...PICKLED PEPPER DAY

Step 1:

Repeat after me: Peter Piper Picked A Peck Of Pickled Peppers!

If you can say that ten times, then you can proceed to

Step 2: a visit to the Pickle Packers Web Site

LINK : http://www.ilovepickles.org/articles/key.html

TODAY'S TRIVIA

1916: The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) was formed in New York City

1955 Submarine USS Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage 1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK

1972: Memphis renamed Bellvue Street Elvis Presley Boulevard. All the new street signs disappeared immediately

1998: A bush growing in the Tasmanian rainforest was identified as he oldest living plant on Earth. Botanists claimed the Lomatia Tasmanica was 43,000 years old

TODAY'S SMILE

Instructions for Life (not a joke, but will help bring many years of smiles )

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three Rs: (A) Respect for self (B) Respect for others and (C) Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone.

9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon

Now here’s your joke…

Two men accepted a dare and entered, as clowns into a bull ring. They realized, after 2 minutes that the bull didn't think they were very funny and started chasing after them. As they turned tail and ran, one turned to the other and said, "Neither of us can run fast enough to make it to the wall before the bull makes it to us, so you best say a prayer."

"I don't know how to pray. I never even went to church." came the reply. "You better pray somethin, cause I'm outta breath." said the first man.

Well, the only prayer I can remember is this, "O God, for what we're about to receive, may we be truely thankful!"

In all situations: Give Thanks

TODAY'S WORD

ef·front·er·y noun

Brazen boldness; presumptuousness.

Synonym temerity.

TODAY'S REFLECTION

Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it–because it does.

1 Corinthians 14:1, The Message

Loosen up. Don't you have some people to hug, rocks to skip, or lips to kiss?...

Not retire from your job, just retire from your attitude. Honestly, has complaining ever made the day better? Has grumbling ever paid the bills? Has worrying about tomorrow ever changed it? Let someone else run the world for a while

By Max Lucado - Everyday Blessings

TODAY'S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC

To make soup taste less salty, boil a raw potato in it

62 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart

Psalm 37:4

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

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