BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 12th, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Anonymous

TODAY'S ACTION

Express your gratitude for something good that has come your way.

TODAY'S QUOTE

I have known shadow,

I have known sun

And now I know these two are one.

Rudyard Kipling

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

It was a beautiful warm Tuesday and today will be warm too, but rainy. I’m waiting for the grass I planted to start growing in the back yard, so the rain will be appreciated. My Star Magnolia bush has begun blooming and the hyacinths now have buds showing. A few more days of warm weather and lots will be blooming.

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

TODAY IS...HOT DOG DAY!

Hot dogs are really "frankfurters" and were first made in Frankfurt, Germany. But, people called them "dachshund sausage," because they looked like the dog. In the U.S., the German sausages were popular with New York baseball fans - vendors sold them in sandwiches by yelling, "Get your dachshund sausages while they're red hot." In a newspaper cartoon, the vendors were shown selling real dogs inside a roll, yelling "Get your hot dogs!". The name stuck

TODAY'S TRIVIA

Catcher's Mask Day - The catcher's mask was first used in a baseball game in 1877

1955: The Salk vaccine against polio was declared safe and effective

1992: Euro Disneyland opened France

TODAY'S SMILE

When Jerry's daughter, Dani, was about 5 years old, she was thoroughly impressing her grandparents with her knowledge of insects while they were out for a walk. She readily identified ants, grasshoppers, crickets, ladybugs and such.

When they happened upon a small beetle she did not immediately recognize, she looked at it thoughtfully, raised her foot and stomped it into oblivion on the sidewalk. 'That one', she said, is a Squashed Bug

TODAY'S WORD

marshal • \MAR-shul noun

1 a : a high official in a medieval household b : a person in charge of the ceremonial aspects of a gathering 2 : a general officer of the highest military rank 3 : an administrative officer (as of a U.S. judicial district) having duties similar to a sheriff's 4 : the administrative head of a city police or fire department

TODAY'S REFLECTION

I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.

Malachi 3:6 T

here is no sense in getting into a dither just because we have split the atom and are photographing Mars. The Bible is still God's word and Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Nothing important has changed.

Vance Havner

TODAY'S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC

When painting a door, protect the knob by covering it with petroleum jelly.

70 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

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

Psalm 37:4

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

Ma MY HOMEPAGE

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’

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